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Improving Research Training in Doctoral Counseling Programs
Author(s) -
GALASSI JOHN P.,
STOLTZ RICHARD F.,
BROOKS LINDA,
TREXLER KARI A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1987.tb00780.x
Subject(s) - medical education , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , training (meteorology) , publishing , research program , research design , applied psychology , medicine , sociology , political science , social science , philosophy , physics , epistemology , meteorology , law , radiology
The authors surveyed the research training practices of doctoral‐level, APA‐approved counseling psychology programs, non‐APA‐approved counseling psychology programs, and counselor education programs to identify ways to improve such training. Some differences were found according to program type. No differences were found in percentage of students' publishing or presenting research during 1983–84. Suggestions for improving future research training were assessed; highest ratings were given to required participation in research teams; 1st‐year, “hands‐on” research experience; and greater emphasis on design rather than statistics training. Programs characterized by high and low student research productivity differed in the areas of required research training, research emphases and research climate, required presentation or submission of research for publication, and material support for student research. The implications of these findings are discussed.