The Content Analysis of Articles of "Bi-Annual Journal of Islam and Psychology Studies" (2007-2016)

Abstract

This study had been conducted with the aim of analyzing the content of 134 articles published in 19 issues of "Bi-Annual Journal of Islam and Psychology Studies" during 2007-2016. The data were collected by a check list and analyzed with the help of Excel software. The validity of check list was confirmed by the experts. According to the findings, 76% of the authors were men; 36.84% of the articles were done by a team of three authors; 35% of the authors had both a master's degree and a third-level seminary's degree; the most authors' affiliation was related to the seminary (24.76%) and the University of Isfahan (21.82%); the most articles were employed a quantitative paradigm (56.72%); the most topics were about the applications of psychology in Islamic society (17 cases); the most authors' scientific rank belonged to the assistant professors (71 cases); the most references were related to the Latin papers (1838 cases); in the articles, the most data-collection tool was a questionnaire which had been made or performed (88 cases); in the articles, 440 theories were applied that 333 theories had only been raised once

Keywords

• content analysis
• journals
• bi-annual journal of islam and psychology studies
• meta-analysis