Beyond bias to Western participants, authors, and editors in developmental science

Moriguchi, Yusuke

doi:10.1002/icd.2256

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“…There were at least four such papers published in 2022 alone! (Draper et al, 2022;Green et al, 2022;Lin & Ni, 2022;Moriguchi, 2022). I think at this point we have a pretty good sense of the problem.…”

Section: Myth #1: Diversity and Open Science Are In Conflictmentioning

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Three Myths about Open Science That Just Won’t Die

Syed¹

2022

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Knowledge and implementation of open science principles and behaviors remains uneven between and within sub-disciplines in psychology, despite over 10 years of education and advocacy. One reason for the slow and uneven progress of the movement is a set of closely-held myths about the implications of open science practices, exacerbated by the relative isolation of various sub-disciplines in the field. This talk will cover three of the major recurring myths: that open science is in conflict with prioritizing diversity, that “open data” is a binary choice between fully open and accessible and completely closed off, and that preregistration and registered reports are only appropriate for certain types of research designs. Putting these myths to rest is necessary as we work towards improving our scientific practice.

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Section: Myth #1: Diversity and Open Science Are In Conflictmentioning

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Three Myths about Open Science That Just Won’t Die

Syed¹

2022

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“…Masculinity is used in reference to 'patterns of expected behaviours that cultures use to construct generally accepted meanings of 'being a man'' [20]. Much of the literature examines and explores gender identity and masculinity in Western contexts; this is not surprising given the overrepresentation of Western populations in research [21]. Despite some greater recognition of gender identity beyond the binary in current policy and practice, in many instances, there is resistance to the appreciation of gender identity as a spectrum in defence of gender as a binary construct [10].…”

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Gender operationalisation and stress measurement in research with adolescent males: a scoping review

2022

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Aim Stress measurement in adolescent males is in its relative infancy, which is likely to influence the effectiveness of mental health services for this heterogeneous population. Although evidence suggests the prevalence of mental health difficulties increases during adolescence, the relationship between gender and stress measurement is less explored or understood. This review summarizes findings on gender operationalisation and stress measurement in research with adolescent males. Methods For this scoping review, six electronic databases across social and life sciences were searched using terms linked to adolescence, male, stress and research design. Articles were screened, data were extracted, and a narrative synthesis used to characterise studies by research design, adaptation of method for participants’ cultural context, operationalisation of gender, and measurement of stress. Results Searches identified 3259 citations, 95 met inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Findings suggest that research on psychological stress in adolescence is a developing field, but one that is currently dominated by Western studies. Furthermore, the results indicate that stress measurement research with adolescent males tends not to make adaptations relative to participants' gender, age, or context. Conclusions Stress research with adolescent males is lacking in scope. This review highlights the need for researchers to consider stress responses as more than a biological response, as it has been conceptualised historically. Recommendations for researchers to report research design and protocol more clearly are made to support readers to understand how stress and gender have been operationalised and measured and how this may influence research methodology. Future research should avoid conflating biological differences with gendered experience and demonstrate greater sensitivity to how gender identity may intersect with age and location to perpetuate gendered inequalities.

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“…At the same time, there has been very little actual change in participant diversity over this period (Apicella, Norenzayan and Heinrich, 2020). This includes developmental research, which remains concentrated in the Western, industrialized world (Legare, 2017;Moriguchi, 2021;Nielsen, Haun, Kärtner, & Legare, 2017). This paper focuses on the state of diversity and representation in infant research and on the consequences of a lack of diversity and representation for developing generalizable and robust theories of early development.…”

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Diversity and Representation in Infant Research: Barriers and bridges towards a globalized science of infant development

Singh¹,

Cristià²,

Karasik³

et al. 2021

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Why are we still so WEIRD? Barriers and bridges towards a diversified science of early development Leher Singh, Alejandrina Cristia, Lana B. Karasik, and Lisa M. Oakes Author NoteLeher Singh, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Alejandrina Cristia, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, Département d’Etudes Cognitives, ENS, EHESS, CNRS, PSL University, Paris, France; Lana B. Karasik, Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island & Graduate Center, CUNY, Staten Island, New York, U.S.; Lisa M. Oakes, Center for Mind and Brain, UC Davis, Davis, CA, U.S.A.C., L.B.K., and L.M.O contributed equally to the manuscript. Acknowledgments: We are very grateful to Sarah J. Rajendra for assistance with data collection and processing. This manuscript was supported by sabbatical funds from the National University of Singapore to LS and by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-EURE-0017), the J. S. McDonnell Foundation Understanding Human Cognition Scholar Award, European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ExELang, Grant agreement No. 101001095) grant awards to AC, National Science Foundation Grant DLS-1349044 and Grant DLS-1528831to LBK.Address for correspondence: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Leher Singh, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, 9 Arts Link, Singapore 117570. RUNNING HEAD: Diversifying developmental science AbstractIn developmental psychology, no population has been more relevant to the study of the origins of human behavior than infants. The psychological processes of infants often inform fundamental theories of innateness and/or universality of behavior. However, infant samples are typically small with narrow sociodemographic variation. This review examines changing trends in sociodemographic representation in psychological research with infants. Analyses of 1383 studies, published over the past decade, revealed both consistent underreporting of sociodemographic information and clear skew towards White infants from North America/Western Europe. The impact of these findings on our understanding of and interpretation of research on early human development is discussed. A set of principles and practices are presented to advance towards a more global developmental science.

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Beyond bias to Western participants, authors, and editors in developmental science

Cited by 48 publications

References 22 publications

Three Myths about Open Science That Just Won’t Die

Three Myths about Open Science That Just Won’t Die

Gender operationalisation and stress measurement in research with adolescent males: a scoping review

Diversity and Representation in Infant Research: Barriers and bridges towards a globalized science of infant development

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