Intervention studies to reduce challenging behavior in young children below the age of 6 were reviewed for participant characteristics, including gender, race/ethnicity, disability, socioeconomic status, and language to evaluate the frequency of reporting and diversity of participant characteristics in this area of research. Interventions conducted in school, preschool, and home-based settings were included; 53 articles were reviewed. In these articles utilizing single case research or group designs (n = 2,262 participants), most articles reported gender and disability. Slightly fewer than half of the studies reported participants’ race/ethnicity. Socioeconomic status and language were infrequently reported. Analyses of participant characteristics in studies that reported children’s gender and race/ethnicity found that boys and Black and Latino children were overrepresented. Implications are discussed, including the field’s use of research standards regarding the reporting of participant characteristics, suggestions for inclusive recruitment and retention strategies, and the importance of identifying culturally responsive interventions for challenging behavior.

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对具有挑战性行为的幼儿进行干预研究的参与者特征：系统评价

针对参与者特征（包括性别、种族/民族、残疾、社会经济地位和语言）审查了减少 6 岁以下幼儿挑战性行为的干预研究，以评估该研究领域的报告频率和参与者特征的多样性. 包括在学校、学前班和家庭环境中进行的干预；审查了 53 篇文章。在这些利用单一案例研究或小组设计（n = 2,262 名参与者）的文章中，大多数文章都报告了性别和残疾。略少于一半的研究报告了参与者的种族/民族。很少报道社会经济地位和语言。对报告儿童性别和种族/民族的研究中参与者特征的分析发现，男孩、黑人和拉丁裔儿童的人数过多。讨论了影响，包括该领域在报告参与者特征方面使用研究标准，对包容性招聘和保留策略的建议，以及确定具有挑战性的行为的文化响应干预措施的重要性。