Drama therapy and theater as an intervention tool: Bibliometric analysis of programs based on drama therapy and theater

Abstract

This bibliometric analysis focuses on the use of drama therapy and theater as a therapeutic tool in intervention programs.The search was carried out in five databases: Wos, Scopus, Eric, Medline and PsycInfo. Three keywords were used and two searches were performed: drama therapy, theater and program. At the end of the search, 136 documents were obtained, out of which 102 were articles, 18 theses, 6 books, 9 book chapters, and 1 proceeding. No temporal adjustment was applied. The documents presented in the analysis are those that met the selection criteria and are prior to and including 2016. The analysis was conducted in two sections: on the one hand, productivity indicators: years of production, most productive authors, types of studies, collaborations, and most productive institutions, publishing houses or journals; on the other hand, a content analysis taking into account the type of intervention, target populations or research topics.The results show, among others, that the most studied topics in the programs are personal and social development. Drama therapy is more used in health care, while theater is more used in education, and the most productive journal is The Arts in Psychotherapy.