Background

Sex and gender influence individuals’ psychology, but are often overlooked in psychological science. The sex and gender equity in research (SAGER) guidelines provide instruction for addressing sex and gender within five sections of a manuscript (i.e., title/abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion) (Heidari et al., Res Integr Peer Rev 1:1-9, 2016).

Methods

We examined whether the 89 journals published by the American Psychological Association provide explicit instruction for authors to address sex and gender within these five sections. Both authors reviewed the journal instructions to authors for the words “sex,” and “gender,” and noted explicit instruction pertaining to these five sections.

Results

Only 8 journals (9.0%) instructed authors to address sex/gender within the abstract, introduction, and/or methods sections. No journals instructed authors to address sex and gender in the results or discussion sections.

Conclusion

These journals could increase sex/gender equity and improve the reproducibility of psychological science by instructing authors to follow the SAGER guidelines.

中文翻译：

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期刊是否指导作者在心理科学中解决性别问题？

背景

性和性别影响个体的心理，但在心理科学中经常被忽视。研究中的性别和性别平等 (SAGER) 指南提供了在手稿的五个部分（即标题/摘要、引言、方法、结果和讨论）中解决性别问题的说明（Heidari 等人，Res Integr Peer Rev） 1:1-9, 2016）。

方法

我们检查了美国心理学会出版的 89 种期刊是否为作者提供了在这五个部分中讨论性和性别问题的明确指示。两位作者都审查了期刊对作者的“性”和“性别”一词的说明，并注意到与这五个部分相关的明确说明。

结果

只有 8 种期刊 (9.0%) 指示作者在摘要、引言和/或方法部分提及性/性别。没有期刊指示作者在结果或讨论部分讨论性和性别问题。

结论

这些期刊可以通过指导作者遵循 SAGER 指南来提高性/性别平等并提高心理科学的可重复性。