International Research Hotspots and Trends in the Integration of Positive Psychology and Education-Visualization Mapping Analysis Based on CiteSpace of Literature from 1998-2018

Abstract

Positive psychology has been in the spotlight since it became an independent discipline in 1998. In its integration with education, extensive research has been conducted in the fields of psychology, education, social sciences, health care sciences and services, business and economics. Through the method of knowledge graph visualization, the international literature on the integration of positive psychology and education is sorted out, which also helps to examine the areas and directions of future development and gives some insights to our researchers. Using the visualization and analysis software CiteSpace.V. 5.1 R8 SE to analyze the 1139 literature on positive psychology and education in the Web of Science database from 1998-2018, future research development can be carried out to conduct cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural cross-sectional research, and to supplement the longitudinal research to deepen the theoretical research and expand the field of application.