Bibliometric Analysis of Global Trends in Parenting: Exploration of Digital Parenting, Emotion Regulation, and Parent Stress in The Era of Modern Technology

Abstract

Parenting practices are increasingly shaped by rapid technological development, raising new challenges for parental roles and well-being. This study aims to map global research trends in parenting by focusing on digital parenting, emotion regulation, and parental stress. Using a bibliometric research design, the study analyzes published scientific documents indexed in a central international database through keyword co-occurrence, citation, and collaboration analysis with the assistance of VOSviewer. The findings reveal a significant increase in parenting-related publications, with digital parenting emerging as a central theme, strongly linked to emotion regulation and parental stress clusters. Keyword network visualization shows dense interlinkages among technology use, emotional well-being, and stress management in parenting research, while collaboration patterns indicate uneven research distribution across regions. This study contributes a comprehensive thematic mapping that integrates technological, emotional, and psychological dimensions of parenting, offering a novel synthesis of fragmented research areas. The results imply the need for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research collaboration to inform evidence-based parenting interventions and adaptive family support policies in the digital era.