BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENCE

Prosocial behaviors have been studied in many ways. However, it is important to reveal the current status of the studies conducted in the context of adolescents and to make predictions for future studies. In order to do this, it is necessary to examine the keywords, concepts and sources used in related studies. Therefore, bibliometric analysis was utilized in this study. In the study, the Web of Science (WoS) database platform was completed using VOSviewer as the source of the analysis data. In total, a data set of 4237 studies was used. When the 25 authors with the most publications on adolescence and prosocial behaviors are examined, Gustavo Carlo ranks first with 107 studies. When the relationships between institutions were analyzed, it was determined that the strongest ties were at the University of Missouri with 107 link strengths and Leiden University with 97 link strengths. The 5 most commonly used words in the studies were Prosocial Behavior, Adolescents, Children, Adolescence and Aggression, respectively. The most critical limitation of the study is that it was not included in databases such as YÖK Thesis Archive, international databases such as SCOPUS and Pubmed, and sources that have not been circulated online.