Researchers appear to assume that published research is limited to significant findings. If that is the case, it may be related to perceived or actual publication bias (i.e., journals publishing only significant findings) and/or the file-drawer problem (i.e., researchers not pursuing publication of null results). The lack of published null results can result in faulty decision-making based upon incomplete evidence. Thus, it is important to know the prevalence of, and the contributing factors to, researchers' failure to submit null results. Few studies have addressed this issue in psychology and none have targeted school psychology. Consequently, this study examined the file drawer problem and perception of publication bias among school psychologists. Survey data from 95 school psychology faculty indicated that participants published about half of the studies that they had conducted, suggesting that the file drawer problem is experienced by this population. While lack of time appeared to impact publication pursuit, participants' responses also suggested they believed in publication bias. Obtaining null results substantially impacted the decision to write up studies in pursuit of publication. Therefore, it seems that a sizeable percentage of school psychology research is not available for review by researchers or practitioners.

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零结果在学校心理学研究和出版中的感知作用

研究人员似乎假设已发表的研究仅限于重要发现。如果是这种情况，则可能与感知或实际发表偏倚（即，期刊仅发表重要发现）和/或文件抽屉问题（即研究人员不追求发表无效结果）有关。缺乏已发表的无效结果可能会导致基于不完整证据的错误决策。因此，了解研究人员未能提交无效结果的普遍性和促成因素非常重要。很少有研究在心理学中解决这个问题，也没有一项研究针对学校心理学。因此，本研究调查了文件抽屉问题和学校心理学家对发表偏见的看法。来自 95 名学校心理学教师的调查数据表明，参与者发表了他们进行的大约一半的研究，这表明该人群遇到了文件抽屉问题。虽然缺乏时间似乎会影响发表论文，但参与者的回答也表明他们相信发表偏见。获得无效结果极大地影响了撰写研究以寻求发表的决定。因此，似乎相当大比例的学校心理学研究无法供研究人员或从业人员审查。获得无效结果极大地影响了撰写研究以寻求发表的决定。因此，似乎相当大比例的学校心理学研究无法供研究人员或从业人员审查。获得无效结果极大地影响了撰写研究以寻求发表的决定。因此，似乎相当大比例的学校心理学研究无法供研究人员或从业人员审查。