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A bibliometric review of research on resilience, motivation and prisoners, 1912-2024.
Synthesis in F1000Research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
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- A bibliometric review of research on resilience, motivation and prisoners, 1912-2024.F1000Research · 2025Pooled it
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5 authors.
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Abstract
Background: Research on resilience and motivation among incarcerated populations has expanded substantially over the past century, reflecting a broader shift in penal philosophy from punitive control toward rehabilitation and reintegration. However, this literature remains fragmented across disciplines, conceptually heterogeneous, and geographically uneven, with a strong concentration in Western contexts. This limits theoretical integration and constrains the global applicability of existing models. Methods: A bibliometric analysis was conducted on 1,309 publications indexed between 1912 and 2024. Co-occurrence, citation, collaboration, and temporal overlay analyses were performed using VOSviewer to map thematic structures, intellectual influences, and patterns of knowledge production. Inclusion criteria targeted peer-reviewed and scholarly works addressing resilience and/or motivation in correctional settings. Results and Discussion: The analysis reveals a temporal shift from early psychological adjustment and behavioral control models toward integrated frameworks emphasizing resilience, motivation, rehabilitation, and post-release reintegration. Emerging themes include trauma-informed care, addiction recovery, human rights, and reentry processes, while gender-specific, cross-cultural, and socioeconomic reintegration perspectives remain underdeveloped. Citation and collaboration networks demonstrate strong institutional concentration in North America and Western Europe, reflecting structural and epistemic asymmetries that shape dominant theoretical paradigms. Although interdisciplinary integration has increased, comparative and culturally grounded research remain limited. Conclusions: This review synthesizes a century of research into a coherent intellectual map, identifying key trends, gaps, and structural imbalances in the field. The findings highlight the need for more inclusive, culturally responsive, and structurally informed research frameworks that integrate psychological, institutional, and social dimensions of rehabilitation. Advancing this agenda is essential for developing correctional policies and interventions that are both empirically robust and globally relevant.
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