Trends in Research on University Students Majoring in Dance: A Text Mining Approach

Purpose: This study aims to examine studies conducted over the past 25 years (2000-2024) targeting university students majoring in dance, with the ultimate goal of comprehensively identifying the social psychology variables derived from these studies. Method: Using the TEXTOM 24 program, key terms were extracted, and N-gram analysis, TF-IDF analysis, topic modeling, and semantic network analysis were performed. Results: First, in the keyword analysis, the N-gram analysis revealed that the terms &quotself&quot and &quotefficacy&quot appeared most frequently in sequence. The TF-IDF analysis showed that the terms &quotcareer,&quot &quotbody,&quot &quotflow,&quot &quotachievement,&quot and &quotefficacy&quot ranked highest in weighted order. Second, the topic modeling analysis identified five areas: Topic 1 was named &quotTeaching Methods,&quot Topic 2 &quotCareer-related Research,&quot Topic 3 &quotPerformance-related research,&quot Topic 4 &quotLearning-related research,&quot and Topic 5 &quotCognitive Behavioral Psychology&quot. Third, in the analysis of degree centrality and closeness centrality, the terms &quotdance,&quot &quotmajor,&quot &quotuniversity students,&quot &quotmediation,&quot and &quotcareer&quot appeared in the same order. In betweenness centrality analysis, the terms &quotdance,&quot &quotmajor,&quot &quotuniversity students,&quot &quotcareer,&quot and &quotmediation&quot showed similar results. Conclusion: Over the past 25 years, research on university students majoring in dance has consistently focused on career and individual psychological factors.