Sociodemographic factors in Health Psychology research: 12 years in review.
The article provides a 12-year review of health psychology research through a content analysis of the journal Health Psychology. Empirical studies of adults (n = 490) and children (n = 103) published between 1985-1996 were assessed with respect to information reported on race, income, education level, gender, and age characteristics of study participants. Although gender and age were usually reported, several studies did not provide race, income, or education information. However, time-trend analyses revealed significant improvements over the past few years in reporting of race, education, and age in articles on adults and in race reporting in articles on children.
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0165, USA. htp3081@student.health.ufl.edu
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D000328:Adult; D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors