The present study has attempted to identify the relative standing of clinical psychology programs by evaluating their frequency of publications in the major clinical journals. In addition, the study attempted to investigate the relative contribution of university programs, hospital programs, medical centers, and other institutions to the clinical literature. It was found that although American Psychological Association (APA)-approved university clinical programs are responsible for the largest number of articles in the sample examined, 6 out of every 10 articles were published either by non-APA-approved academic programs or by individuals in other institutional settings. It was found that the general reputation of universities did not reflect their productivity in the clinical journals. The article includes an analysis of the major sources of publication in the clinical literature and an evaluation of the meaning of these findings for clinical psychology.Several studies in the literature have tried to rate the productivity in psychology by either reputation or by the number of publications in the journals of the American Psychological Association (APA; Cartter, 1966;Cox & Catt, 1977;Roose & Andersen, 1970). The major purpose of these studies has been to identify those universities that would theoretically be most attractive to individuals making applications to graduate schools. Secondary objectives cited by Roose and Andersen (1970) included providing information to facilitate the allocation of financial resources.However, a number of shortcomings must be recognized in these studies. Cox and Catt (1977) found that ratings based on program reputations did not reflect any objective data to confirm their accuracy. In addition, Cox and Catt suggested that programs that had specific strengths in a particular area, but not overall strengths, would probably go unnoticed by this procedure. As a result, Cox and Catt advocated using the number of publications in APA journals as a major measure of productivity. They indicated that these ratings could provide both objective indexes of qualities and separate ratings for each of the major areas of psychology. For example, the leading universities publishing in clinical psychology could be determined by looking at the frequency of publication in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.However, even this method has its limitations. As the authors point out, there are other highly reputable, non-APA journals in which publication is considered important and significant. This is especially true in the field of clinical psychology where, because of the limitations of any single journal, the large number of practicing clinicians and clinical programs that exist, and the numerous subareas in the field, not all research publications can be given equal coverage. As a result, many major publications are found in the non-APA journals. Only by examining a broader range of journals can these problems be avoided.In addition to the above considerations, there are several other impo...
The field of clinical neuropsychology has been recognized as one of the fastest growing subspecialties in clinical psychology today. The present article is an attempt to investigate the kinds of training and the extent of training available in American Psychological Association (APA)-approved internship settings in clinical neuropsychology. This study was completed by sending surveys to 727 institutions listed as APA-approved or conditionally APA-approved internship sites. Overall, 98 programs returned the questionnaire that requested information on the type of neuropsychological training involved, the length of such training, the tests used in the training setting, the number of cases seen by the student, the opportunity for participation in research and clinical neuropsychology, and the opportunity to specialize in the area of clinical neuropsychology. Eighty-six of the 98 programs that responded indicated that they offered training in neuropsychology. Of these, 30 programs indicated that they admitted students who wished to specialize in the area of clinical neuropsychology. Numerous other results on types of tests given, training, background, and the like are also reported in this article.
Examined the interrelationships of two scales of attitudes toward death with four measures of personality: the Manifest Anxiety Scale, the Novelty Experiencing Scale, the Marlow-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, and the Internal-External Orientation Scale. Ss were 142 volunteer males enrolled in introductory psychology courses. A correlation of .72 was found between the Death Concern Scale and the Death Anxiety Scale. In addition, both scales showed the same pattern of correlations with the four personality measures. The highest correlations were found between death attitude and the manifest anxiety scores and the external-internal orientation scores. The importance of including these factors when one is interpreting death attitude scores was stressed, as well as the need for research to establish that these scales measures an anxiety or concern above and beyond general anxiety.
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