Ethical and epistemic costs of a lack of geographical and cultural diversity in developmental science.

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI:10.1037/dev0001841

Leher Singh, Dana Basnight-Brown, Bobby K Cheon, Rowena Garcia, Melanie Killen, Reiko Mazuka

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Abstract

Increasing geographical and cultural diversity in research participation has been a key priority for psychological researchers. In this article, we track changes in participant diversity in developmental science over the past decade. These analyses reveal surprisingly modest shifts in global diversity of research participants over time, calling into question the generalizability of our empirical foundation. We provide examples from the study of early child development of the significant epistemic and ethical costs of a lack of geographical and cultural diversity to demonstrate why greater diversification is essential to a generalizable science of human development. We also discuss strategies for diversification that could be implemented throughout the research ecosystem in the service of a culturally anchored, generalizable, and replicable science. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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发展科学缺乏地理和文化多样性的伦理和认识代价。

提高研究参与的地域和文化多样性一直是心理学研究人员的首要任务。在本文中，我们追踪了过去十年来发展科学领域参与者多样性的变化。这些分析表明，随着时间的推移，研究参与者的全球多样性发生了令人惊讶的微小变化，这让我们对我们的经验基础是否具有普遍性产生了疑问。我们从儿童早期发展研究中举例说明了缺乏地域和文化多样性所带来的重大认识论和伦理代价，从而说明为什么更大程度的多样性对于可推广的人类发展科学至关重要。我们还讨论了可在整个研究生态系统中实施的多样化战略，以服务于一门立足于文化、可普及和可复制的科学。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)。

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Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

5.80

自引率

2.50%

发文量

329

期刊介绍： Developmental Psychology ® publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological development are appropriate, as are studies of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect development. The journal welcomes not only laboratory-based experimental studies but studies employing other rigorous methodologies, such as ethnographies, field research, and secondary analyses of large data sets. We especially seek submissions in new areas of inquiry and submissions that will address contradictory findings or controversies in the field as well as the generalizability of extant findings in new populations. Although most articles in this journal address human development, studies of other species are appropriate if they have important implications for human development. Submissions can consist of single manuscripts, proposed sections, or short reports.