A Content and Sample Analysis of Quantitative Articles Published in theJournal of Counseling & DevelopmentBetween 1991 and 2000

Racial/Ethnic Minority Vocational Research Trends in Counseling Psychology and Multicultural Psychology Journals: A Trend Analysis Across 51 Years

This study extends Flores et al.’s (2006) 36-year analysis of racial/ethnic minority (REM) vocational research published in career journals to REM vocational research in eight counseling psychology and multicultural psychology journals across a span of 51 years. We identified 483 REM vocational studies published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP), The Counseling Psychologist (TCP), Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JMCD), Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (CDEMP), Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JCCP), Journal of Black Psychology (JBP), Journal of Latina/o Psychology (JLP), and Asian American Journal of Psychology (AAJP) between 1969 and 2020. Results showed that less than 5% of all articles published in these journals during the past 49 years focused on vocational issues with REMs. Publication trends, article topics and type, samples, and leading individual and institutional contributors to REM vocational research are reported. JMCD published the largest percentage of these articles (33.9%, n = 132) as well as the largest percentage (18%) of REM vocational articles relative to other articles in its journal during this time frame. Implications of the findings are provided for expanding REM vocational scholarship in counseling psychology in the future.

Lack of Representation in Psychiatric Research: A Data-Driven Example From Scientific Articles Published in 2019 and 2020 in the American Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE

The authors examined representation and accuracy of descriptions of sociodemographic identities in psychiatric research through quantifying data contained in recently published articles from a high-impact psychiatry journal.

METHODS

Sociodemographic data were aggregated from articles (i.e., studies that provide information on individual samples) published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 2019 and 2020 (N=125). Articles were coded by two raters for sociodemographic data, acknowledgment of lack of representation as a limitation, and focus on health disparities or inequities.

RESULTS

While 90% of studies provided the age of participants and 84% provided information about the sex/gender of participants, only 43% presented information about the racial or ethnicity identities of participants. One study reported the sexual identity of participants. Lack of representation relative to 2019 U.S. Census data was found for multiple racial groups, Latino/Hispanic individuals, and women (genetic studies only). Only 25% of studies acknowledged lack of representation as a limitation, and two studies focused on health disparities or inequities.

CONCLUSIONS

These findings highlight a need to increase representation in psychiatric research and improve accuracy of language when describing the sociodemographic characteristics of participants.

A Content Analysis of the Counseling Literature on Technology Integration: American Counseling Association (ACA) Counseling Journals between 2000 and 2018

This content analysis provides an overview of articles specific to technology integration in the field of counseling published in American Counseling Association (ACA) journals between the years 2000 and 2018. In addition to the number of articles on this topic published during this time period, the study identified other aspects such as authors and institutional affiliations; methodology, study locations, and application settings; target populations and sample characteristics; and areas and types of technology integration. Recommendations are provided for counseling research in general and for future research extending from specific circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic.