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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020

Mental Health and Well-Being of University Students: A Bibliometric Mapping of the Literature.

Daniel Hernández-Torrano, Laura Ibrayeva, Jason Sparks, Natalya Lim, Alessandra Clementi, Ainur Almukhambetova, Yerden Nurtayev, Ainur Muratkyzy

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07411846 (Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Perceived Stress and Psychological Distress in University Students With High Distress Levels), which is not on this map. Cited by 92 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07411846 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Perceived Stress and Psychological Distress in University Students With High Distress Levels: A Randomized Blinded Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorEgas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRLRan2025 to 2025Enrolled40ConditionsPsychological Distress, Stress (Psychology), Perceived StressArmstaVNS, Sham
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Daniel Hernández-TorranoGraduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Laura IbrayevaGraduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Jason SparksGraduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Natalya LimNazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Alessandra ClementiNazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Ainur AlmukhambetovaGraduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Yerden NurtayevPsychological Counseling Center, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Ainur MuratkyzyGraduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Funding

Teriparatide for Idiopathic Osteoporosis in Premenopausal Women: A Phase 2 StudyR01FD003902 · FDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI COHEN, ADI, SHANE, ELIZABETH J · 2011 to 2019
$2.8M
FDA HHS R01 FD003902
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to map the literature on mental health and well-being of university students using metadata extracted from 5,561 journal articles indexed in the Web of Science database for the period 1975-2020. More specifically, this study uses bibliometric procedures to describe and visually represent the available literature on mental health and well-being in university students in terms of the growth trajectory, productivity, social structure, intellectual structure, and conceptual structure of the field over 45 years. Key findings of the study are that research on mental health and well-being in university students: (a) has experienced a steady growth over the last decades, especially since 2010; (b) is disseminated in a wide range of journals, mainly in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and education research; (c) is published by scholars with diverse geographical background, although more than half of the publications are produced in the United States; (d) lies on a fragmented research community composed by multiple research groups with little interactions between them; (e) is relatively interdisciplinary and emerges from the convergence of research conducted in the behavioral and biomedical sciences; (f) tends to emphasize pathogenic approaches to mental health (i.e., mental illness); and (g) has mainly addressed seven research topics over the last 45 years: positive mental health, mental disorders, substance abuse, counseling, stigma, stress, and mental health measurement. The findings are discussed, and the implications for the future development of the field are highlighted.

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bibliometric reviewhigher educationmental healthmental illnesspsychological distressuniversity studentsVOSViewerwell-being

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PMID32581976
PMCPMC7296142

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