title: Are gender effects being neglected in schizophrenia research?
abstract: Research on schizophrenia published in four professional journals--Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, and American Journal of Psychiatry--over a 5-year period from January 1985 through December 1989 was examined for gender composition of subject samples and gender analyses of findings. Results indicate a continued predominance of male subjects in schizophrenia research, with males outnumbering females two to one, and frequent neglect of possible gender differences within mixed-sex samples. Possible explanations for the male bias are considered and greater research and editorial attention to possible gender effects are urged.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030.
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Wahl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design / Q000639:trends; D012559:Schizophrenia; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors