Counseling psychologists: Who are they?

Yamamoto, Kaoru

doi:10.1037/h0044069

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“…In general, the list here corresponds closely to that given by Clark (1957, p. 68) of the universities producing the largest numbers of Ph.D.'s in APA and also of universities producing and employing the largest numbers of significant contributors to psychology. The listing suggested by Table 1 is also quite similar to the one given by Yamamoto (1963) for the most-producing institutions for the APA Division of Counseling Psychology. Both overall and specific contributions of these selected schools is therefore well substantiated.…”

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A look at educational psychologists

Dizney

Yamamoto

1965

Psychol. Schs.

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In his presidential letter addressed to fellow educational psychologists, Travers (1964) began by saying :Since the turn of the century, the status and influence of educational psychology have shown cycles more typical of a business than of a science. The strong initiative taken by earl giants in the area, such as Judd and Thorndike, was not fully exploited, partly because these men J d not leave behind a group of devoted followers to dedicate their lives to a tradition . . . by 1940 there was hardly a school of education in the country that had a laboratory in which experimental approaches to the stud of learning could be pursued . . . However, the revival of educational psychology in the last decadre is striking (p. 1).An indication of such revival could be detected early in the fifties when Stroud (1951, p. 281) commented that, "what amounts to a kind of self-consciousness in educational psychology is indicated in a number of ways." However, more than a decade later an almost identical picture was drawn by Travers (1964, p. 1) who said: "Perhaps it is too soon to say that a discipline has emerged, but one can say that there is an emerging discipline."What, then, does this "emerging discipline" look like, if there is, in fact, a discipline? Who are educational psychologists and what characteristics differentiate them from the rest of psychologists? These questions on the identity and status of the "discipline" prompted the present study of certain educational and vocational characteristics of the membership of the Division of Educational Psychology of the American Psychological Association.The subjects are those members of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) who are listed in the 1963 APA Directory as Fellows (315 in number) and Members (858) of the Division. Excluded from the study are those listed as Associates (159) and also those new Members since January 1, 1963.In addition to classifying and anlyzing information from the 1963 Directory, Division 15 membership's publication activities were investigated by perusing the Psychological Abstracts for the period 1954-63. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION Sex and Age of MembershipMales comprise 85 per cent of the total divisional membership of 1173. Overwhelming male majorities are observed for both Fellows (89 per cent) and Members (84 per cent). The results would seem to suggest a lag in recruitment, selection, and preparation of females, especially from among "field personnel." It further suggests an absence of well-established communication between educational psychologists and other educational personnel.Fellows of the Division ranged in age from 35 to 87 with a mode of 51 and a median of 58.2, while Members ranged from 24 t o 76 with a mode of 35 and a mediah of 43.2. Both age distributions are positively skewed and, when combined, the total membership distribution (1139 age-reporting members) has a mode of 35 and a median of 45.7.

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Section: Academic Degreesupporting

confidence: 57%

A look at educational psychologists

Dizney

Yamamoto

1965

Psychol. Schs.

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“…The data on the entire group also answer Gelso and Fretz's (2001) question concerning the percentage of counseling psychologists in full-time independent practice when counseling psychologists who do not belong to Division 17 are included in the analysis, that is, approximately 39%. During the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, approximately 5% of counseling psychologists in Division 17 worked primarily in private practice (Dreese, 1949;Samler, 1964;Yamamoto, 1963). This figure increased to 16% to 22% in the 1980s (Fitzgerald & Osipow, 1986;Watkins et al, 1986) with a similar figure observed for Division 17 members in the 1990s of about 20% (Gelso & Fretz, 2001).…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Dreese (1949) reported about 79% men and 21% women in 1949. Yamamoto (1963) found 84% men and 16% women in Division 17 based on the 1961 APA Directory. Fitzgerald and Osipow (1986) noted that the proportion of men and women in their sample of Division 17 members corresponded closely to the overall proportion in Division 17 at the time, about 80% men and 20% women.…”

Section: Demographic and Educational Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bent et al observed, however, that psychology has not held the value of most professions in expecting board certification as the final confirmation of qualification as a specialist practitioner. Yamamoto (1963) reported that in a study of members and fellows of Division 17 in the 1961 Directory of the American Psychological Association, 25% of the 1,016 Division 17 members and fellows were board certified by ABEPP, 15.9% were board certified in counseling psychology, 7.1% in clinical psychology, and 1.9% in industrial psychology. In comparing these findings to the earlier findings of Berg et al (1952), Yamamoto observed a decline in the relative percentage of Division 17 members with the ABEPP diploma, which were attributed in part to younger members no longer being eligible for the grandfather procedure that allowed waiving formal examinations for the diplomate.…”

Section: Board Certification and Fellow Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Demographic, Educational, Employment, and Professional Characteristics of Counseling Psychologists

Munley¹,

Pate

Duncan

2008

The Counseling Psychologist

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Counseling psychologist members of Division 17 (n = 1,792) were compared with counseling psychologist nonmembers of Division 17 within the American Psychological Association (APA; n = 6,917) with respect to demographic, educational, and professional characteristics reported in the 2003 APA Directory Survey. Employment setting and work activities of both groups were also studied based on employment data from the 2000 APA Directory Survey (n = 3,908). Findings indicated a relatively lower percentage of newer counseling psychologists maintaining membership in Division 17 and reflected differences in the employment settings and professional activities of each group. With respect to APA division membership, a majority of counseling psychologists who did not belong to Division 17 also did not belong to any divisions within APA (67.8%). APA divisions most frequently joined by counseling psychologist nonmembers of Division 17 included Divisions 42, 29, 35, 43, and 40.

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“…Recent national data (American Psychological Association, 2010;2009a) (Yamamoto, 1963) and 80% in the mid-1980's (Fitzgerald, & Osipow, 1986;Munley, Pate, & Duncan, 2008). In sum, these data stress the minimal presence of scholarship around the experiences of men in the field given the combined shifts in gender composition and proliferation of multiculturalism.…”

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Male Psychology Doctoral Students: The Influence of GRC on Training

Sbaratta¹

2012

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Counseling psychologists: Who are they?

Cited by 20 publications

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A look at educational psychologists

A look at educational psychologists

Demographic, Educational, Employment, and Professional Characteristics of Counseling Psychologists

Male Psychology Doctoral Students: The Influence of GRC on Training

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