BackgroundThe evidence base for schema therapy has evolved significantly since it was first developed by Jeffrey Young in the 1990s. The aim of this bibliometric analysis was to summarize the trends and characteristics of the quantitative literature on schema therapy.MethodPsycINFO, PubMed and CINAHL Complete databases were last searched on 1 June 2023 following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses 2020 statement to identify peer‐reviewed journal articles written in English that reported on original quantitative research on schema therapy or schema therapy constructs. NVivo was used to complete a descriptive analysis of the bibliographic, sample and study characteristics, and a coding framework was applied to capture the aspect of the schema therapy model that was the focus of each study, as well as the study context (e.g., the population or outcomes under investigation). SciVal was used to complete citations and authorship analyses. VOSviewer was used to examine co‐authorship networks.ResultsA total of 704 quantitative studies on schema therapy were published by 483 unique first authors between 1994 and mid‐2023. Studies predominantly used correlational designs with small samples (Mdn N = 153) of mostly females aged 18 years or older. The articles tended to focus on early maladaptive schemas, rather than schema domains or schema modes. Schema therapy and its concepts were most frequently studied in the context of depression and personality disorders. SciVal analyses indicated that, on average, articles were cited 27 times, with a Field Weighted Citation Impact of 1.02.ConclusionsSchema therapy research output appears to have slowed in recent years and several critical research gaps were evident. Areas of high priority for future research include schema modes and coping responses, and the use of developmental and longitudinal designs to evaluate several key causal assumptions in the theory underpinning schema therapy.

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定量图式治疗文献的文献计量分析

背景 自 20 世纪 90 年代 Jeffrey Young 首次提出图式疗法以来，图式疗法的证据基础已经发生了显着的发展。本文献计量分析的目的是总结图式治疗定量文献的趋势和特征。MethodPsycINFO、PubMed 和 CINAHL Complete 数据库的最后检索日期为 2023 年 6 月 1 日，遵循 2020 年系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目声明识别用英语撰写的同行评审期刊文章，这些文章报道了图式治疗或图式治疗结构的原始定量研究。NVivo用于完成对书目、样本和研究特征的描述性分析，并应用编码框架来捕获作为每项研究重点的图式治疗模型的方面，以及研究背景（例如，人群）或正在调查的结果）。科学瓦尔用于完成引文和作者分析。VOS查看器用于检查合着网络。结果 1994 年至 2023 年中期，483 位独特的第一作者总共发表了 704 项关于图式治疗的定量研究。研究主要使用小样本的相关设计（中氮= 153），其中大部分为 18 岁或以上的女性。这些文章倾向于关注早期的适应不良图式，而不是图式域或图式模式。图式疗法及其概念最常在抑郁症和人格障碍的背景下进行研究。科学瓦尔分析表明，文章平均被引用 27 次，领域加权引文影响力为 1.02。 结论 近年来图式疗法的研究成果似乎有所放缓，并且明显存在一些关键的研究差距。未来研究的高度优先领域包括图式模式和应对反应，以及使用发展和纵向设计来评估支撑图式治疗的理论中的几个关键因果假设。