Publications in Psychology Related to the COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis

The new strain of a virus in the coronavirus family, COVID-19, generated a pandemic that changed the dynamics of the entire world Since its inception, there have been discussions about the effects on mental health that isolation and social distancing can generate To investigate the publications that have been made in psychology related to COVID-19, a bibliometric analysis was performed in the SCOPUS database in the psychology collection We obtained 223 articles published in the first half of 2020 The results show that the studies are focused on the effects of the pandemic on mental health Specifically, most of the studies are related to anxiety and depression and most of these studies were conducted in China Furthermore, we discuss some limitations of the study regarding the social and intellectual structure of the articles retrieved Finally, we suggest that future studies should explore how to promote or persuade individuals to comply with social distancing measures and to develop research focused on the effects of the pandemic on academic performance, job stress, job performance, marital satisfaction, sexual behaviour, among other phenomena (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] La nueva cepa de un virus de la familia de coronavirus, COVID-19, genero una pandemia que cambio las dinamicas en mundo entero Desde su inicio se ha discutido sobre los efectos en la salud mental que pueden generar las medidas de aislamiento y distanciamiento social Con el fin de indagar sobre las publicaciones que se han realizado en psicologia relacionadas con el COVID-19, se realizo un analisis bibliometrico en la base de datos de SCUPUS en la coleccion de psicologia Se obtuvieron 223 articulos publicados en el primer semestre del 2020 Los resultados muestran que los estudios se han enfocado en los efectos de la pandemia en la salud mental Especificamente, la mayoria de los estudios estan enfocados en la ansiedad y la depresion y la mayoria de esos estudios fueron realizados en China Por otro lado, discutimos algunas limitaciones del estudio respecto a la estructura social e intelectual de los articulos recuperados Finalmente, sugerimos que se realicen investigaciones enfocadas en como promover o persuadir a los individuos para que obedezcan las medidas de distanciamiento social y que se desarrollen investigaciones enfocadas en los efectos de la pandemia en el desempeno academico, el estres laboral, el desempeno laboral, la satisfaccion marital, el comportamiento sexual, entro otros fenomenos (Spanish) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Psicologia desde el Caribe is the property of Fundacion Universidad del Norte and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )