Tag: Research Ethics

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
Developing Evidence-based Culturally Responsive Clinical Interventions: Barriers and Potential Solutions

by Shannon M. Savell, M.A., University of Virginia Many scholars have asserted that one vast improvement in the field of clinical psychology over the past few decades has been advances in examining both the efficacy and effectiveness of different therapeutic treatment modalities and a move towards evidence-based practice (Spring, 2007). Developing empirically supported treatments and utilizing…

April 17, 2022

Collecting Data from Underrepresented Populations: Considerations for Ethnic Minority Research