The use of ethnic minority populations in published psychological research, 1990-1999.
For this study, the authors analyzed the contents of 16 psychology journals for the presence of empirical articles on African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans during the period ranging from 1990 to 1999. In 6 APA journals, there was a low percentage (4.7%) of such articles. African Americans were the most studied ethnic group. Data collected for this study also indicated that minority research has been increasing more in non-APA journals than in APA journals. In both APA and non-APA journals, counseling-oriented journals had higher percentages of minority articles than did journals of other subdisciplines. Possible explanations, consequences, and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Imada
Toshie
T
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 3236 East Hall, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA. timada@umich.edu
Schiavo
R Steven
RS
D003376:Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011584:Psychology; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000523:psychology; D012958:Societies, Scientific