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<p>We examined 661 articles published in <i>Behavior Analysis in Practice</i>, <i>Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice</i>, and&#xa0;the <i>Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis</i> from 2019 through 2024 in which interventionists directly interacted with human participants to manipulate an independent variable. We determined the number of articles that provided information about seven characteristics of interventionists: age, educational level, gender or sex, language, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and interventionist type (e.g., parent or guardian, research team member, teacher or other school staff). Interventionist type was reported in more than 95% of articles across journals, but the remaining six characteristics were reported far less frequently. No other characteristic was reported in more than 25% of articles, and only educational level was reported in more than 10%. Gender or sex and age were reported in 5%&#xa0;to&#xa0;10% of articles whereas race or ethnicity, language, and SES were reported in fewer than 5%. Several authors have argued recently that participants’ demographic characteristics should be routinely reported because (1) this information is needed to examine diversity in behavior-analytic research and (2) such characteristics can potentially influence results. The same arguments can be made with respect to routinely reporting interventionists’ demographic characteristics. We encourage behavior-analytic researchers to carefully consider the potential benefits and challenges of doing so.</p>

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Demographic Characteristics of Interventionists: Rarely Reported, Arguably Important

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    2026年4月1日

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  • Leslie Solares,
  • Lindsay Essig Croghan,
  • Sharrukina Tamrazi,
  • Alexandria Crawford,
  • Alan Poling

摘要

We examined 661 articles published in Behavior Analysis in Practice, Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis from 2019 through 2024 in which interventionists directly interacted with human participants to manipulate an independent variable. We determined the number of articles that provided information about seven characteristics of interventionists: age, educational level, gender or sex, language, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and interventionist type (e.g., parent or guardian, research team member, teacher or other school staff). Interventionist type was reported in more than 95% of articles across journals, but the remaining six characteristics were reported far less frequently. No other characteristic was reported in more than 25% of articles, and only educational level was reported in more than 10%. Gender or sex and age were reported in 5% to 10% of articles whereas race or ethnicity, language, and SES were reported in fewer than 5%. Several authors have argued recently that participants’ demographic characteristics should be routinely reported because (1) this information is needed to examine diversity in behavior-analytic research and (2) such characteristics can potentially influence results. The same arguments can be made with respect to routinely reporting interventionists’ demographic characteristics. We encourage behavior-analytic researchers to carefully consider the potential benefits and challenges of doing so.