Voices of Early Career Psychologists in Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology

被引:20
作者
Smith, Nathan Grant [1 ]
Keller, Briana K. [2 ]
Mollen, Debra [3 ]
Bledsoe, Meredith L. [4 ]
Buhin, Larisa [5 ]
Edwards, Lisa M. [6 ]
Levy, Jacob J. [7 ]
Magyar-Moe, Jeana L. [8 ]
Yakushko, Oksana [9 ]
机构
[1] McGill Univ, Dept Educ & Counselling Psychol, Montreal, PQ H3A 1Y2, Canada
[2] Univ Washington, Career Ctr, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[3] Texas Womans Univ, Counseling Psychol Masters Program, Denton, TX 76204 USA
[4] Lakeside Upper Sch, Seattle, WA USA
[5] Amer Coll Management & Technol, Dubrovnik, Croatia
[6] Marquette Univ, Dept Counselor Educ & Counseling Psychol, Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA
[7] Univ Tennessee, Dept Psychol, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
[8] Univ Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI USA
[9] Pacifica Grad Inst, Clin Psychol Program, Carpinteria, CA USA
关键词
professional issues; adults; ISSUES; GENDER;
D O I
10.1177/0011000011417145
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
This article reports on a survey of early career members of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP). Seventy early career psychologists completed a survey assessing the usefulness and climate of SCP, barriers to and facilitative factors for involvement in SCP, inclusiveness of SCP regarding cultural diversity and professional interests, degree of involvement in various aspects of SCP, and their areas of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with SCP membership. In general, participants were split on the degree to which they were satisfied with SCP, with participants in faculty positions reporting significantly more positive views of SCP than their practitioner counterparts did. Faculty members viewed SCP as more useful to their careers and reported more positive social interactions within SCP than did non-faculty members. Open-ended responses suggested that satisfaction with SCP was related to availability of mentorship and opportunities for involvement in SCP. Suggestions for engaging new professionals in SCP are offered.
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页码:794 / 825
页数:32
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