Gender (mis)measurement: Guidelines for respecting gender diversity in psychological research

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dc.contributor.authorCameron, Jessica J.
dc.contributor.authorStinson, Danu Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-06T16:50:27Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractEmpirical evidence affirms that gender is a nonbinary spectrum. Yet our review of recently published empirical articles reveals that demographic gender measurement in psychology still assumes that gender comprises just two categories: women and men. This common practice is problematic. It fails to represent psychologists' current understanding of gender, violates our ethical principles as scientists, and can result in gender misclassification. Psychologists' reliance on binary measures also conveys an exclusionary attitude that is contrary to recent ethical recommendations and contrary to the growing public concern about transgender rights. We extend five simple, no‐cost recommendations that begin to resolve these ethical and methodological problems: use and report, nonbinary gender measures; report the prevalence of nonbinary participants; clarify their inclusion and treatment in analysis; and use gender inclusive language. We also address common concerns expressed by researchers, including whether measuring “sex” resolves the issue and whether gender‐inclusive measures confuse or offend participants.en_US
dc.description.embargo2020-11-15
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding was provided by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Grant 435‐2016‐464) to Dr. Cameron. We thank Richelle Chekay, Chantal Humphrey, Kirby Magid, and Nicole Masi for their assistance in collecting and coding the articles. We also thank Anastasja Kalajdzic and Katelin Neufeld for their assistance in creating the syntax. We would also like to express our appreciation to all of the researchers who responded to our queries.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCameron, J. J., & Stinson, D. A. (2019). Gender (mis)measurement: Guidelines for respecting gender diversity in psychological research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13(11), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12506.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12506
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/11897
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSocial anD Personality Psychology Compassen_US
dc.titleGender (mis)measurement: Guidelines for respecting gender diversity in psychological researchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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