Research Article | Open Access
The Revolution of Counseling for Early Childhood: Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Publications
Edris Zamroni, Gudnanto, Indah Lestari, Sumarwiyah, Masturi, Santoso
Pages: 287-302
Abstract
Early childhood development often experiences obstacles in achieving tasks and stages of development in terms of cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social aspects. Therefore, early childhood counseling is the answer. However, the research that has existed so far does not seem to be varied. This study aims to see the trend of early childhood counseling research in the last four years (2020-2024) to determine the extent to which early childhood counseling science development has been carried out. Bibliometric analysis was chosen as a research method to obtain an overview of keyword networks, researchers, affiliations, countries to productivity, and research epicenters worldwide. The database used is scopus.com with the keyword "counseling for early childhood". The results found 89 articles from all types of publications. The United States is the most productive country, while the University of South Carolina is the institution that produces the most publications. In terms of authors, Mehta K and Richter L are the most productive authors, with two publications each. Keywords about early childhood problems such as trauma, social support, and anxiety are the most widely studied variables. Even so, the variation in counseling models is very low because there is little research on developing counseling models. Further researchers can take advantage of this opportunity to conduct scientific development in the field of counseling for early childhood so that the variation and sustainability of this field will be more substantial in the future.
Keywords
Counseling, Early Childhood, Scientific Publication, Bibliometric