The results show a growing academic interest in understanding how illness perceptions shape healthcare outcomes and behaviors.
Authors
Arti Singh, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling, O.P Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
Abderahman Rejeb, Faculty of Business Economics, Széchenyi István University, 9026 Győr, Hungary.
Summary
Illness perception is a crucial area of study that has seen significant growth and development over the years. This study conducts a comprehensive bibliometric and network analysis of illness perception research, capturing its evolution from 1975 to 2023. Utilizing 1813 publications from the Scopus database, authored by 5428 researchers, we identify key scholars and influential articles in the field.
Our analysis includes various bibliometric networks such as citation, co-citation, collaboration, and keyword co-occurrence networks, along with the presentation of intellectual structure maps. Major research areas include the role of illness perception in mental health conditions like depression, coping mechanisms, quality of life, and chronic illnesses like diabetes, as well as the influence of lay beliefs on health behaviors, and the impact of illness beliefs on conditions like Myocardial Infarction and stroke. The results show a growing academic interest in understanding how illness perceptions shape healthcare outcomes and behaviors.
Published in: Heliyon
To read the full article, please click here.
