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The neglected 95% revisited: Is American psychology becoming less American?
American Psychologist ( IF 12.3 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 , DOI: 10.1037/amp0000622
Amber Gayle Thalmayer 1 , Cecilia Toscanelli 1 , Jeffrey Jensen Arnett 2
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The field of psychology prides itself on being a data-driven science. In 2008, however, Arnett brought to light a major weakness in the evidence on which models, measures, and theories in psychology rest. He demonstrated that the most prominent journals in six subdisciplines of psychology focused almost exclusively (over 70% of samples and authors) on a cultural context, the United States, shared by only 5% of the world's population. How can psychologists trust that these models and results generalize to all humans, if the evidence comes from a small and unrepresentative portion of the global population? Arnett's analysis, cited over 1,300 times since its publication, appears to have galvanized researchers to think more globally. Social scientists from the United States have increasingly sought ways to collaborate with colleagues abroad. Ten years later, an analysis of the same 6 journals for the period of 2014 to 2018 indicates that the authors and samples are now on average a little over 60% American based. The change is mainly due to an increase in authorship and samples from other English-speaking and Western European countries. Thus, it might be said that 11% of the world's population is now represented in these top psychology journals, but that 89% of the world's population continues to be neglected. Majority world authors and samples (4-5%) are still sorely lacking from the evidence base. Psychology still has a long way to go to become a science truly representative of human beings. Several specific recommendations are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译:

被忽视的 95% 重新审视:美国心理学是否变得不那么美国化了?

心理学领域以自己是一门数据驱动的科学而自豪。然而,在 2008 年,Arnett 揭示了心理学模型、措施和理论所依据的证据中的一个主要弱点。他证明了六个心理学分支学科中最著名的期刊几乎完全(超过 70% 的样本和作者)关注文化背景,即美国,只有世界人口的 5%。如果证据来自全球人口中不具代表性的一小部分,心理学家怎么能相信这些模型和结果可以推广到所有人?Arnett 的分析自发表以来被引用了 1,300 多次,似乎激发了研究人员的全球思考。来自美国的社会科学家越来越多地寻求与国外同事合作的方式。十年后,对 2014 年至 2018 年期间相同 6 种期刊的分析表明,作者和样本现在平均有 60% 以上是美国人。这一变化主要是由于来自其他英语国家和西欧国家的作者和样本的增加。因此,可以说现在世界人口的 11% 出现在这些顶级心理学期刊中,但世界人口的 89% 仍然被忽视。大多数世界作者和样本 (4-5%) 仍然严重缺乏证据基础。心理学要成为真正代表人类的科学还有很长的路要走。讨论了若干具体建议。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA,保留所有权利)。对 2014 年至 2018 年期间相同的 6 种期刊的分析表明,作者和样本现在平均有 60% 以上是美国人。这一变化主要是由于来自其他英语国家和西欧国家的作者和样本的增加。因此,可以说现在世界人口的 11% 出现在这些顶级心理学期刊中,但世界人口的 89% 仍然被忽视。大多数世界作者和样本 (4-5%) 仍然严重缺乏证据基础。心理学要成为真正代表人类的科学还有很长的路要走。讨论了若干具体建议。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA,保留所有权利)。对 2014 年至 2018 年期间相同的 6 种期刊的分析表明,作者和样本现在平均有 60% 以上是美国人。这一变化主要是由于来自其他英语国家和西欧国家的作者和样本的增加。因此,可以说现在世界人口的 11% 出现在这些顶级心理学期刊中,但世界人口的 89% 仍然被忽视。大多数世界作者和样本 (4-5%) 仍然严重缺乏证据基础。心理学要成为真正代表人类的科学还有很长的路要走。讨论了若干具体建议。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA,保留所有权利)。
更新日期:2021-01-01
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