A Systematic Analysis of Stress Research Trends Papers: Focusing on Journals Published from 2000 to 2023

Objectives The purposes of this study is to present the direction and implications of stress research by systematically analyzing the trends of domestic academic papers related to stress research trends from a comprehensive and macroscopic perspective. Methods For this purpose, a total of 42 papers published in academic journals for 24 years from 2000 to 2023 were selected using the database of major information sources for collecting thesis data, and the analysis of research trends was conducted through frequency analysis and cross-analysis using SPSS based on the research period, research topic, research method, and research result. Results First, the results showed a gradual increase in the 2010s, starting with the parenting stress research trend paper in 2007, and 23 trend studies have been conducted over the past four years since the 2020s. Second, job stress research trend was the most common, and over time in general job, it was subdivided into teacher's job stress by job type and target, such as childcare teacher and kindergarten teacher, which showed the same trend in parenting stress and program research trend. Third, research trend analysis data was most frequently conducted on 50-100 papers published for 10-20 years, and the Korea Educational and Research Information Service(RISS) was the most used for data search, and classification criteria are set in various ways according to research purpose and research problem. Fourth, through the analysis of stress research trends, the need to diversify topics and objects, the bias of quantitative research, the activation of program development, and the absence of theoretical research were pointed out. Conclusions Based on these analysis results, it was discussed that interdisciplinary studies are required in stress research and that various studies focusing on the functional aspects of stress are needed.