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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008 33(7):688-693; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm130
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This article appears in the following Journal of Pediatric Psychology issue: Series on Methodology Article [View the issue table of contents]

Brief Report: Reporting Practices of Methodological Information in Four Journals of Pediatric and Child Psychology

Jennifer M. Raad, EdS, Skylar Bellinger, BA, Erica McCormick, BS, Michael C. Roberts, PhD, ABPP and Ric G. Steele, PhD, ABPP

University of Kansas

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Michael C. Roberts, PHD, ABPP, University of Kansas, Clinical Child Psychology Program, 2010 Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045-7555, USA. E-mail: mroberts{at}ku.edu


  Abstract

Objective To replicate Sifers, Puddy, Warren, and Roberts (2002) examining reporting rates of demographic, methodological, and ethical information in articles published during 1997, and to compare these rates to those found in articles published during 2005, in order to determine whether and how reporting practices of these variables have changed over time. Methods We examined reporting demographic, methodological, and ethical information in articles in four journals: Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, and Child Development. Reporting rates during 2005 were compared to articles published during 1997. Results These four journals improved on many of the 23 variables compared to Sifers et al. including increases in the reporting of ethnicity, attrition, child assent procedures, socioeconomic status, reliability, and reward/incentive offered to participants. Conclusions Improvements in descriptive information have implications for interpretation, replication, and generalizability of research findings.

Key words: demographics; ethics; journal content analyses; research methodology.

Received April 20, 2007; revision received November 21, 2007; accepted December 8, 2007


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