■先前的工作表明,从历史上看,妇女在各个研究领域的代表性不足,包括神经心理学.鉴于这些差异,本研究的目的是系统评估纳入女性参与神经心理学研究的情况.目前的研究建立在先前的研究基础上,研究了2019年发表的八种同行评审神经心理学期刊的文章。
■如果有英文版本,则将检查人类样本的实证文章包括在当前的评论中。审查了符合条件的文章,以收集文章的主要主题是否与性别问题有关,性别是如何分类的,样本的性别分布,在分析中是否考虑了性别,讨论中是否涉及性别,以及研究检查的年龄类别。
■在回顾的神经心理学研究中,男性(51.76%)和女性(48.24%)的分布相对均匀。仅包括男性的研究是女性的两倍(16vs.8项研究),男性≥75%(16.6%)的研究几乎是女性≥75%(8.5%)的两倍.以性别为重点的研究有限(3%)。此外,在分析中经常忽略性别(58%),而在讨论中经常不涉及性别(75%).
■当前的研究强调了神经心理学中与女性在研究中的代表性有关的局限性。尽管令人鼓舞的是,神经心理学研究通常包括女性参与者,未来的研究应旨在更全面地调查性别如何影响不同临床表现的认知风险和弹性因素.提供了开始应对这一挑战并朝着更加性别平等的研究迈进的建议。
UNASSIGNED: Prior work has demonstrated that women have been historically underrepresented across various research fields, including neuropsychology. Given these disparities, the goal of this study was to systematically evaluate the inclusion of women as participants in neuropsychology research. The current study builds upon previous research by examining articles from eight peer-reviewed neuropsychology journals published in 2019.
UNASSIGNED: Empirical articles examining human samples were included in the current review if they were available in English. Eligible articles were examined to glean whether the main topic of the article was related to a gender issue, how gender was categorized, the gender distribution of the sample, whether gender was considered in analyses, whether gender was addressed in the discussion, and what age categories the study examined.
UNASSIGNED: There was a relatively even distribution of men (51.76%) and women (48.24%) in neuropsychological research studies reviewed. There were twice as many studies that included only men compared to only women (16 vs. 8 studies), and nearly twice as many studies consisted of ≥ 75% men (16.6%) compared to ≥75% of women (8.5%). Gender-focused research was limited (3%). Furthermore, gender was frequently disregarded in analyses (58%) and often not addressed in the discussion (75%).
UNASSIGNED: The current study highlights the limitations within neuropsychology related to the representation of women in research. Although it is encouraging that neuropsychological research is generally inclusive of women participants, future research should aim to more comprehensively investigate how gender may influence cognitive risk and resilience factors across different clinical presentations. Recommendations to begin addressing this challenge and to move toward more gender-equitable research are provided.