Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The Journal of Limitless Education and Research, cilt.6, sa.1, ss.119-151, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance (PCG) Journal continues to serve as one
of the leading journals in the field of PCG, that has been published for many years, and constitutes a
common framework for the field. To ensure the continuity of development in the field, on which subjects
in the field of PCG are periodically focused, what causes of periodical subject weights might be, how the
research methods used in the studies have changed from the past to the present, whether or not the
techniques applied in the data analysis have developed, it seems important to find answers to questions
about whether the sample may have been used. This study adopts content analysis, one of the qualitative
research methods. In this study, content analysis of 439 articles published in Turkish Psychological
Counseling Journal from past to present was done. As a result of the articles examined, type of research,
province of study, subject of study, analysis techniques used, sample group, and number of authors were
investigated. According to the findings obtained, the highest quantitative research was found for the
research type in the Turkish PCG journal; university students was found as the sample group; review as
an analysis technique; marriage as a subject; the province from which the sample group was selected was
Ankara. Finally, the number of authors in the articles was determined for the studies with one author. The
results of the study were discussed in the light of the literature and suggestions were made for the
researchers.