AUTHOR=Manjarres María Teresa , Duarte Diana Paola Mahecha , Navarro-Obeid Jorge , Álvarez Maria Laura Vergara , Martinez Isneila , Cudris-Torres Lorena , Hernández-Lalinde Juan , Bermúdez Valmore 

TITLE=A bibliometric analysis and literature review on emotional skills

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1040110

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1040110

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The content, management, and implementation of social skills have been developing since the late twentieth century as a model of capabilities. For this reason, as human beings develop and train their basic cognitive and perceptual-motor functions, they increase their capacities to solve and face difficulties. This article aims to present a bibliometric and systematic review of social skills, using sources of queries in databases such as WoS and Scopus between the years 2000 and 2022, with platforms such as Bibliometrix and Gephi. Through a scientific mapping, the main authors, journals, and countries in this field were determined; likewise, the most relevant studies were classified into three categories, that is, classics, structural, and perspectives, which were represented by means of the science tree metaphor. Moreover, a program for further studies was scheduled such as in-depth qualitative research that measures in an observational and direct manner taking into consideration: emotional expressiveness, understanding emotions, regulating emotions, and behavior; the impact of social skills training in solving social problems.