Although researchers seek to understand psychological phenomena in a population, quantitative research studies are conducted in smaller samples meant to represent the larger population of interest. This systematic review and quantitative synthesis considers reporting of sociodemographic characteristics and sample composition in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (now the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science) over the past 3 decades. Across k = 1,244 empirical studies, there were high and increasing rates of reporting of participant age/developmental stage and sex/gender, low but increasing reporting of socioeconomic status/income, and moderate and stable reporting of educational attainment. Rates of reporting of sexual orientation remained low and reporting of gender identity was essentially nonexistent. There were low to moderate but increasing rates of reporting of participant race and ethnicity. Approximately three-quarters of participants in studies over the past 3 decades were White, while the proportion of participants who were Asian, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic/Latino was much lower. Approximately two-thirds of participants were female, with this proportion increasing over time. There were also notable differences in the proportion of study participants as a function of race and sex/gender for different forms of psychopathology. Basic science and theoretical psychopathology research must include sociodemographically diverse samples that are representative of and generalizable to the larger human population, while seeking to decrease stigma of psychopathology and increase mental health equity. Recommendations are made to increase sociodemographic diversity in psychopathology research and the scientific review/publication process. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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三十年来精神病理学研究的社会人口学报告和样本组成：系统回顾和定量综合。


尽管研究人员试图了解人群中的心理现象，但定量研究是在较小的样本中进行的，旨在代表更大的感兴趣人群。这项系统回顾和定量综合考虑了过去 3 年来《异常心理学杂志》（现为《精神病理学和临床科学杂志》）上的社会人口特征和样本构成的报告。在 k = 1,244 项实证研究中，参与者年龄/发育阶段和性别/性别的报告率较高且不断增加，社会经济地位/收入的报告率较低但不断增加，教育程度的报告率中等且稳定。性取向的报告率仍然很低，性别认同的报告基本上不存在。参与者种族和民族的报告率从低到中等，但不断增加。在过去三十年的研究中，大约四分之三的参与者是白人，而亚裔、黑人或非裔美国人、美洲印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民或西班牙裔/拉丁裔的参与者比例要低得多。大约三分之二的参与者是女性，并且这一比例随着时间的推移而增加。对于不同形式的精神病理学，研究参与者的比例作为种族和性别的函数也存在显着差异。基础科学和理论精神病理学研究必须包括社会人口统计学上多样化的样本，这些样本能够代表并推广到更大的人群，同时寻求减少精神病理学的耻辱并提高心理健康公平性。 建议增加精神病理学研究和科学审查/出版过程中的社会人口多样性。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。