Reporting of demographic variables in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
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Describing demographic variables (e.g., ethnicity/race, socioeconomic status, gender/sex, age) of participants may be important for identifying relations between these variables and behavior-analytic procedures. Previous research found that demographic variables were underreported in behavior-analytic studies dealing with particular populations (e.g., children with Autism Spectrum Disorder), interventions (e.g., verbal behavior), or for a subset of demographic variables. We evaluated the extent to which studies recently published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis included descriptions of demographic variables of participants. Demographic variables were often underreported, which may limit the broader dissemination of these behavior-analytic studies and the development of culturally responsive modifications to behavioral interventions.
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Detailed demographic profiles were lacking in the reviewed studies.
“Overall, detailed demographic profiles were lacking, consistent with recently reported trends in the applied behavior-analytic literature (Jones et al., 2020).”
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Briggs, A. M., Zohr, S. J., & Harvey, O. B. (2024) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1002/jaba.1024 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
- Authors
- Jones, S. H., St. Peter, C. C., & Ruckle, M. M.
- Affiliations
- West Virginia University (US)
- Department of Psychology West Virginia University USA
- ORCID
- Jones, Stephanie H.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-05-07
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1304-1315
- ISSN
- 0021-8855 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3703
- OpenAlex
- W3022349950
- Cited by
- 129
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 15.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Keywords
- demographic reporting, participant demographics, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex and gender, age, underreporting, autism spectrum disorder, culturally sensitive interventions, dissemination
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Applied Behavior Analysis, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Demography, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Middle Aged, Periodicals as Topic, Sex Factors, Social Class, Racial Groups, Young Adult
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