Personal dimensions of identity and empirical research in APA journals.
This study reviewed 402 empirical research papers published during 1999 in 9 American Psychological Association journals from the perspective of the Personal Dimensions of Identity (PDI) model. Descriptions of participants were reviewed to determine whether researchers reported information concerning Dimensions A, B, and C of the PDI model. PDI A and B Dimensions of age, gender, education, and geographic location were reported with the highest frequency: 88.56%, 89.30%, 78.50%, and 73.88%, respectively, whereas race/ethnicity was reported with moderate frequency, 60.70%. The remaining PDI A Dimensions of language, physical disability, sexual orientation, and social class, and the remaining B Dimensions of citizenship status, employment status, income, marital status, military experience, occupation, and religion, were reported in relatively low percentages of studies.
Munley
Patrick H
PH
Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, 3102 Sangren Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5226, USA. patrick.munley@wmich.edu
Anderson
Mary Z
MZ
Baines
Tonita C
TC
Borgman
Amy L
AL
Briggs
Denise
D
Dolan
James P
JP
Koyama
Miki
M
D032984:Ethics, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D018579:Patient Selection; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States