In 4 journals during 1978-1979, 65% of the studies sampled both males and females, 14% sampled males only, and 12% sampled females only. Subject sex was not reported in 9% of the studies.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
APA. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (2nd ed.) Washington, DC: APA, 1974.
2.
CarlsonR.Where is the person in personality research?Psychological Bulletin, 1971, 75, 203–219.
3.
FlanaganM. F.RobinsonB.The secrecy game revisited. American Psychologist, 1978, 33, 775–776.
4.
HolmesD. S.JorgensenB. W.Do personality and social psychologists study men more than women?Representative Research in Social Psychology, 1971, 2, 7176.
5.
SchwabacherS.Male versus female representation in psychology research: an examination of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1970, 1971. JSAS Catalogue of Selected Documents in Psychology, 1972, 2, 20 (Ms. No. 82).
