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Careers of professional psychologists
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Careers of professional psychologists
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a comparison of the career experiences of the graduates of the clinical Psy.D. and Ph.D. programs at Rutgers University
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ETD_2868
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001800001.ETD.000055938
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eng
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theses
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Rutgers University--Graduate students
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Clinical Psychology
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Psychologists--Training of--New Jersey
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Psychologists--Vocational education
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Concerns have been raised about the quality of the training programs at institutions that grant the Psy.D. degree. This study sought to compare the career experiences of graduates from the Psy.D. and Ph.D. programs at Rutgers University. The following dimensions were compared: demographic information; educational history; professional activities; work as a practicing clinician; memberships in professional organizations; theoretical orientation and view of self as a psychologist; career satisfaction; attitudes towards training; and acceptance of the Psy.D. degree among Psy.D. degree holders. Participants were graduates of the clinical Psy.D. program (n = 443) and of the clinical Ph.D. program (n = 208). A survey was sent to all graduates of the two programs over the 32-year period from 1976 to 2008 who could be located. A total of 356 Rutgers Clinical Psychology alumni from 1976 to 2008 completed the survey, representing 54.7% of the total sample (N = 651). Significant group differences were found for 43 out of the 88 variables used to compare Ph.D. and Psy.D. graduates. Most findings were consistent with the philosophies of the different programs or prior research. The presence of multiple significant differences suggests that the Psy.D. and Ph.D. programs train and produce different individuals, which lends support for continuing to offer the Psy.D. degree program. However, fewer Psy.D. graduates attended APA accredited internship programs (88.2% for Psy.D. vs. 94.9% for Ph.D.), although further inquiry is needed to determine if attendance of APA accredited internships is tied to any temporal pattern, given that that survey pertains to alumni spanning 32 years. Psy.D. graduates (but not Ph.D. graduates) were asked questions about the acceptability of their degrees. Results indicated that 10.8% perceived that their degree was a disadvantage when applying for internship. Additionally, 9.9% of Psy.D. graduates believe their degree is received differently from one state or country to another. Interestingly, a greater proportion of Psy.D. graduates hold New Jersey psychology licenses. Also of note, a number of survey participants commented that they felt their professional achievements were not properly captured in this survey. A greater number of Ph.D. alumni received “other honors and awards,” and Psy.D. graduates did not out-perform Ph.D. alumni on the proportion of those who received other types of recognition assessed by this survey. Future research is needed to address questions raised by findings of this study, although many of the other results can immediately be used to inform the field of professional psychology.
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vii, 125 p. : ill.
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Psy.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Kara Mia Biondo
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Kara Mia
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Lewis
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Fishman
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Daniel
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Daniel Fishman
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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2010
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2010-10
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T30V8CKX
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Open
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Biondo
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Kara
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2010-09-16 13:48:24
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2011-04-01
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request.
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