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. 2000 Fall;23(2):267–277. doi: 10.1007/BF03392015

Women in applied behavior analysis

Frances K McSweeney, Patricia Donahoe, Samantha Swindell
PMCID: PMC2731339  PMID: 22478351

Abstract

The status of women in applied behavior analysis was examined by comparing the participation of women in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) to their participation in three similar journals. For all journals, the percentage of articles with at least one female author, the percentage of authors who are female, and the percentage of articles with a female first author increased from 1978 to 1997. Participation by women in JABA was equal to or greater than participation by women in the comparison journals. However, women appeared as authors on papers in special sections of Behavior Modification substantially more often when the editor was female than when the editor was male. In addition, female membership on the editorial boards of JABA, Behavior Modification, and Behaviour Research and Therapy failed to increase from 1978 to 1997. We conclude that a “glass ceiling” reduces the participation of women at the highest levels of applied behavior analysis and related fields.

Keywords: participation of women, gender equity, glass ceiling, applied behavior analysis

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