The Changing Face of Psychology

Abstract

Given the increasing number of women entering the field of psychology, this study investigated the degree to which achievement motivation, leader identity, career salience, and willingness to compromise career for partner and children were predictive of leadership aspirations generally and in the American Psychological Association. Data from 202 female graduate students in counseling and clinical doctoral programs indicated that leader identity, career salience, and willingness to compromise career for children predicted overall leadership aspirations. Achievement motivation, leader identity, and career salience also predicted plans to pursue leadership positions in the American Psychological Association. Graduate students nearing the end of their doctoral programs were more willing to compromise career for children and prioritize their partner than women early in their program. The implications of these findings for research, training, and counseling are discussed.

Diversity in Unity: Perspectives from Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

“…Respondents express agreement with each item on a scale ranging from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Further, a modification of the Leadership Aspiration Subscale (LAS; Gregor & O'Brien, 2015) was also employed, to measure perceptions of males toward female leadership aspirations. This questionnaire consisted of six items on the men's perceptions of women's leadership aspirations.…”

(Wo)monstrous suturing: Woman doctoral students cutting together/apart

“…For example, women doctoral students, and women in academia in general, balance contradictory and multiple roles throughout their programs, including a multitude of gendered negotiations relative to family and other relationships. Gregor (2015) described the how gendered norms and sexism directly tied women's opportunities for academic leadership to the degrees to which they chose career over family. Their study found that greater emphasis on family equated to limited professional promotions and vice versa (see also Bireda, 2015;Holm, Prosek,…”

Percepciones de Investigadores en Formación respecto al Desarrollo de Competencias

“…l doctorado permite obtener un conocimiento avanzado, desarrollar funciones de liderazgo y realizar investigaciones (Gregor & O'Brien, 2015;Hoyne, Alessandrini, & Fellman, 2016). En los últimos años, el doctorado ha evolucionado acorde con las nuevas demandas que se imponen sobre los mismos (Melin & Janson, 2006), las cuales requieren la enseñanza de nuevas habilidades y competencias.…”