"Most of the subjects were White and middle class": Trends in published research on African Americans in selected APA journals, 1970–1989.

Six APA journals (Developmental Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) were content analyzed for the presence of empirical articles on African Americans during the 1970–1989 publication period. The analysis revealed a declining representation of African-American research in the 6 journals. In addition, the empirical literature that does exist was found to be lacking in methodological rigor, as defined by characteristics such as the reporting of the socioeconomic status (SES) of Ss and experimenter race. Explanations for the decline were suggested, and recommendations were proposed for alleviating the growing marginalization of African-American research in the journals of mainstream psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A Tabulation of Inferential Statistics Used in Psychology Journals.

Every year thousands of psychology students take courses in statistics. In spite of the importance attributed to statistics, there is no available tabulation of the usage of various statistics in the psychological literature to show what the student needs to know in order to interpret the literature and to show what statistics psychologists have found useful. This report presents such a tabulation. To allow comparisons between the statistics used in different fields of psychology, the journals examined were the APA journals that specialize in particular fields of psychology: Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, Journal of Consulting Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Psychology. Tabulations were made of the inferential statistics used in articles in these journals for the even-numbered years from 1948 to 1962, inclusive. The use of a particular type of statistical technique was recorded only once for each article, no matter how many times that technique was used in the article. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Linguistic constraints on participation in psychology.

Suggests that R. W. Russell (see record 1985-21215-001) provides examples of how linguistic and semantic factors (particularly the dominance of English as a universal language in psychology) limits psychology's potential development as an international discipline. Data that describe the linguistic characteristics of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, International Journal of Psychology, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, and the Interamerican Journal of Psychology indicate that articles written in languages other than English (and their authors) are virtually excluded from the international communication process. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rapports annuels.

Presents annual reports (1985) from the Canadian Psychological Association, including reports from the Constitution and By-Laws Committee; the Continuing Education Committee; the Convention Committee; the Elections Committee; the Committee on Ethics; the Committee on Fellows and Honorary President; the International Relations Committee; the Nominating Committee; the Professional Affairs Committee; the Publications Committee; the Scientific Affairs Committee; the Committee on Sections; and the Committee on the Status of Women. Sections reports are also provided, including reports from the sections on Brain and Behaviour; Community Psychology; Educational Psychology; Health Psychology; Industrial/Organizational Psychology; Programme Evaluation; Psychology and Religion; Psychopharmacology; Social Psychology; and Women and Psychology. The sections reports are followed by division reports, including reports from the Applied Division and the Experimental Division. Journal reports are then presented, including reports from Canadian Psychology; Canadian Journal of Psychology; and Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Annual reports.

Presents annual reports (1985) from the Canadian Psychological Association, including reports from the Constitution and By-Laws Committee; the Continuing Education Committee; the Convention Committee; the Elections Committee; the Committee on Ethics; the Committee on Fellows and Honorary President; the International Relations Committee; the Nominating Committee; the Professional Affairs Committee; the Publications Committee; the Scientific Affairs Committee; the Committee on Sections; and the Committee on the Status of Women. Sections reports are also provided, including reports from the sections on Brain and Behaviour; Community Psychology; Educational Psychology; Health Psychology; Industrial/Organizational Psychology; Programme Evaluation; Psychology and Religion; Psychopharmacology; Social Psychology; and Women and Psychology. The sections reports are followed by division reports, including reports from the Applied Division and the Experimental Division. Journal reports are then presented, including reports from Canadian Psychology; Canadian Journal of Psychology; and Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

This, the last issue of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, brings to an end an alliance of some 44 years' standing. In January of 1965 the journal will be split into two independent periodicals, the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. This editorial provides a brief history of the journal as it relates to these two important fields in psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

Editorial comments on the separation of the Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology into two companion journals, Behavioral Neuroscience and the Journal of Comparative Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Content analysis of Consulting psychology journal: Practice and research (Volumes 44-59).

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 60(4) of Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (see record 2008-17523-003). The title of the journal was printed incorrectly on page 257 as "Counseling Psychology Journal: Practice and Research." The correct title of the journal is Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.] A content analysis of articles published in Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research was performed from 1992 (Vol. 44) through 2007 (Vol. 59). A total of 342 articles were categorized into 21 derived content categories and an "Other" category. Results show that the leading categories for publication were Coaching, Development and Training, and History of Consulting. The content was fairly stable over time. The journal does appear to be meeting its primary mission of disseminating information pertinent to the field of consulting psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The accuracy of reference lists in five experimental psychology journals.

Reference lists appended to published journals are of critical importance to readers of academic literature. They allow readers to retrieve cited sources, either to increase their own knowledge or to substantiate the authors' claims, and in so doing help to establish the judgment and credibility of the authors (M. F. McLellan et al, 1992). However, erroneous references detract from the intended function of reference lists by impeding retrieval searches and by providing misleading bibliographic information (G. de Lacey et al, 1985; McLellan et al, 1992). The present study aims to assess the accuracy of reference lists in five experimental psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1999 (Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General). Perhaps the most disturbing result from this study is the finding that authors were incorrectly cited in 12% of reference list citations, with errors in the initials of the authors being the most common. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A content and methodological review of articles concerning multiracial issues in six major counseling journals.

This study describes a comprehensive content and methodological review of articles about multiracial issues in 6 journals related to counseling up to the year 2006. The authors summarize findings about the 18 articles that emerged from this review of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Counseling & Development, The Counseling Psychologist, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. The authors specifically note trends in content and methodology as well as future directions for research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Journal Citations.

Comments on the article by J. R. Haynes (August, 1983) regarding core psychology journals. Haynes originally argues that two APA journals, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory failed to be included in the citation impact list because of extremely low citation impact for the Journal Citation Report. However, the Journal Citation Report for 1979-1981 is an unreliable source about Journal of Experimental Psychology journals for a number of reasons, including the citation of nonarticles and the conflation of citations for different journals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

Presents a reaffirmation of the goals of the Canadian Journal of Psychology. The primary objective of the Canadian Journal of Psychology is to provide a vehicle for the communication of scientific research in general experimental psychology. The editor hopes to encourage Canadian experimental psychologists to take pride in their Journal, and submit their quality work to it. The Journal will continue to maintain a small and selective book review section, and it will maintain its short report section. There is no question that there is ample material to fill the pages of the Journal and make it interesting. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editor’s and president’s column.

Introduces this issue of Consulting Psychology Journal. The author also discusses the new Internet home page of Division 13 (Consulting Psychology). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Correction to Mahoney et al. (2008).

Reports an error in "Content analysis of Consulting psychology journal: Practice and research (Volumes 44-59)" by Kevin T. Mahoney, Walter C. Buboltz Jr., Barlow Soper, Dennis Doverspike and Byron J. Simoneaux (Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 2008[Sep], Vol 60[3], 246-258). The title of the journal was printed incorrectly on page 257 as "Counseling Psychology Journal: Practice and Research." The correct title of the journal is Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2008-11542-002.) A content analysis of articles published in Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research was performed from 1992 (Vol. 44) through 2007 (Vol. 59). A total of 342 articles were categorized into 21 derived content categories and an "Other" category. Results show that the leading categories for publication were Coaching, Development and Training, and History of Consulting. The content was fairly stable over time. The journal does appear to be meeting its primary mission of disseminating information pertinent to the field of consulting psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Changes in research productivity in counseling psychology: Revisiting Howard (1983) a decade later.

Institutional research productivity in counseling psychology was reassessed by totaling credits for articles published for the years 1983–1992 in the following counseling-related journals: Journal of Counseling Psychology, The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Journal of Counseling and Development. A number of programs made substantial jumps into the institutions ranked in the top 40. High intercorrelations among the 5 journals suggest the presence of an underlying research productivity factor, and program quality is discussed in the light of these results. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Researchers' ethical conscience: Debriefing from 1960 to 1980.

To assess the extent that debriefing was reported in experiments using human Ss, every article in alternate years of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology was examined. Each examined year showed an increase in the percentage of studies reporting debriefing, from 12% in 1964 to 47% in 1980. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial.

Journal editorial reports to readers about the policies and practices of Journal of Educational Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Statistical power of psychological research: What have we gained in 20 years?

Power was calculated for 6,155 statistical tests in 221 journal articles published in the 1982 volumes of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Power to detect small, medium, and large effects was .17, .57, and .83, respectively. 20 years after Cohen (1962) conducted the first power survey, the power of psychological research is still low. The implications of these results concerning the proliferation of Type I errors in the published literature, the failure of replication studies, and the interpretation of null (negative) results are emphasized. An example is given of the use of power analysis to help interpret null results by setting probable upper bounds on the magnitudes of effects. Limitations of statistical power analysis, suggestions for future research, sources of computational information, and recommendations for improving power are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)