Moving from the Margins to the Mainstream: Equity and Justice as Key Considerations for Developmental Science
Moving from the Margins to the Mainstream: Equity and Justice as Key Considerations for Developmental Science
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DOI：
10.1111/cdep.12340
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发表时间：
2019-12-01
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Yip, Tiffany
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作者：
Brown, Christia Spears;Mistry, Rashmita S.;Yip, Tiffany
在世界范围内，大多数儿童在不同程度上面临边缘化和社会不平等。为了使发展科学具有科学和社会价值，科学家必须考虑到社会不平等的影响，无论他们的研究重点如何。在这篇文章中，我们说明了公平和正义如何与所有儿童相关。我们还认为，公平和正义是所有发展科学的重要组成部分，应该是我们如何评估科学严谨性的基础。忽视公平和正义问题会使该领域内的偏见长期存在，并限制我们对发展进程的理解。我们为所有发展科学家提供了渐进的建议，从参与者的最低标准和描述开始，并继续指导阐明哪些机制导致观察到的差异。我们还敦促研究人员研究为什么以及如何社会不平等和环境塑造发展科学的重点领域。
Worldwide, most children face marginalization and societal inequities to varying degrees. For developmental science to have both scientific and societal value, scientists must account for the impact of societal inequities, regardless of the focus of their research. In this article, we illustrate how equity and justice are relevant for all children. We also argue that equity and justice are essential components for all developmental science and should be the basis for how we evaluate scientific rigor. Ignoring equity and justice issues perpetuates biases within the field and limits our understanding of developmental processes. We offer graduated recommendations for all developmental scientists to consider, starting with minimal standards for inclusion and descriptions of participants, and continuing with guidance for articulating what mechanisms lead to observed differences. We also urge researchers to examine why and how social inequities and contexts shape their focal domain of developmental science.