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Publication Date: 2023
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Who's Included? Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of Students in School Psychology Literature over the Last Decade
School Psychology Review, v52 n4 p408-420 2023
The field of school psychology continues to further embrace a social justice perspective to address systemic racism, privilege, prejudice, and discrimination. To accomplish this mission, school psychologists must ensure that there is a solid literature base that is inclusive and representative of students from minoritized backgrounds. A review of student sociodemographic characteristics was conducted of all articles in four of the primary journals of school psychology from 2010 to 2019 (n = 1,213 articles). Compared to national estimates of school-age sociodemographic distributions, researchers tended to include samples more representative of students identifying as White/Caucasian and underrepresentative of students from low-income backgrounds. Authors rarely included or described participants' sexual orientations and gender identities beyond the binary (female/male). We provide a discussion and recommendations for improving the inclusivity of students from minoritized backgrounds in future school psychology research.
Descriptors: School Psychology, Social Justice, Inclusion, Racism, Social Bias, Minority Group Students, Student Diversity, Educational Research, Sampling, Disproportionate Representation, Socioeconomic Status, LGBTQ People, English Language Learners, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
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