Category: Ethics in Psychological Research

Collecting Data from Underrepresented Populations: Considerations for Ethnic Minority Research

The Importance of Ethnic Minority/Diversity Research Ethnic minority/diversity (EM/D) research is an often overlooked but crucial area of the psychological sciences. As psychologists, our goal is to develop an in-depth understanding of the human experience. To do this, researchers must examine which aspects of this experience are universal and which are context- and culture-dependent. This…

November 10, 2024
Can Natural Language-based Artificial Intelligence Systems Address Psychopathology?

By Alexander Williams, M.S., Northwestern University Despite a proliferation of evidence-based practices (e.g., Hollon et al., 2006; Tolin, 2010), there is no compelling evidence that mental health problems have decreased in prevalence in recent decades. Indeed, at least among adolescents, the available evidence more frequently points to the increasing prevalence of psychological distress, depression, and suicide-related outcomes…

November 10, 2024

Collecting Data from Underrepresented Populations: Considerations for Ethnic Minority Research