Practitioners may turn to Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (PPRP) to read about current professional issues, find out about the experiences of other professionals, and learn about new techniques to improve practice. How do we know whether PPRP meets its mission to provide such services to its readership? This study investigated the content of articles, the samples used in empirical studies, and the multicultural coverage in articles published in PPRP between 1990 and 2000. The results showed that PPRP publishes a wide range of topics applicable to its readership. However, the findings that few of the articles employed clinical samples and descriptions of these samples and that there was a lack of focus on specific cultural groups have implications for practitioners.

the authors investigated counselor trainees' levels of cognitive complexity and sociopolitical advocacy as predictors of universal-diverse orientation (udo). participants included 120 master's-and doctoral-level trainees from midwestern counseling psychology programs. results revealed that, after accounting for multicultural social desirability and training experience, actual time spent engaging in sociopolitical advocacy activities uniquely predicted 1 subscale of udo.los autores investigaron los niveles de complejidad cognitiva y defensoría sociopolítica de los consejeros en formación como indicadores de predicción de su orientación universal-diversa (udo, por sus siglas en inglés). entre los participantes había 120 estudiantes de maestría y doctorado de programas de psicología clínica en el Medio oeste de ee.uu. los resultados revelaron que, después de tomar en cuenta el atractivo social multicultural y la experiencia en formación, el tiempo real dedicado a la participación en actividades de defensoría sociopolítica solo predijo 1 sub-escala de udo.

No abstract