The dilemma of factitious demographic distinctions in psychological research.
J Consult Clin Psychol
; 64(5): 892-902, 1996 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Terms such as race, sex and age are assumed to reflect biological characteristics and distinctions. In psychological research, these terms are often treated as if they were a reflection of a meaningful set of psychological constructs. A review of articles in 3 prominent journals over a 30-year period reveals that these supposed biological identifiers are not used consistently and lack empirical and conceptual validity. An analysis of those articles shows that, over time, the term race has given way to the use of the more general and psychologically relevant term ethnicity, sex and gender have been used interchangeably, and the psychological constructs underlying or supposedly reflected in age are seldom discussed. It is proposed that psychosocial researchers and editors adopt a consistent definition of these terms and that research include an effort to identify the underlying concepts that the investigators assume to be reflected in these distinctions whenever these labels are used to report research findings.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Psicoterapia
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Etnicidad
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Demografía
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Ensayos Clínicos como Asunto
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Evaluación de Resultado en la Atención de Salud
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Grupos Minoritarios
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Consult Clin Psychol
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos