Division 17: 2011
Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 17 Members, 2011
Membership Status | Total | ||||||||
Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| N= | 63 | 100.0 | 1,638 | 100.0 | 366 | 100.0 | 2,067 | 100.0 |
Gender | Men | 24 | 38.1 | 801 | 48.9 | 222 | 60.7 | 1,047 | 50.7 |
Women | 38 | 60.3 | 836 | 51.0 | 144 | 39.3 | 1,018 | 49.3 | |
Not specified | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Race/Ethnicity | American Indian | 0 | .0 | 6 | .4 | 1 | .3 | 7 | .3 |
Asian | 1 | 1.6 | 74 | 4.5 | 22 | 6.0 | 97 | 4.7 | |
Hispanic | 1 | 1.6 | 44 | 2.7 | 19 | 5.2 | 64 | 3.1 | |
Black | 2 | 3.2 | 72 | 4.4 | 22 | 6.0 | 96 | 4.6 | |
White | 38 | 60.3 | 1,156 | 70.6 | 291 | 79.5 | 1,485 | 71.8 | |
Multiracial/multi-ethnic | 0 | .0 | 23 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 27 | 1.3 | |
Not specified | 21 | 33.3 | 263 | 16.1 | 7 | 1.9 | 291 | 14.1 | |
Age | Under 30 | 2 | 3.2 | 4 | .2 | 1 | .3 | 7 | .3 |
30 - 34 | 8 | 12.7 | 115 | 7.0 | 0 | .0 | 123 | 6.0 | |
35 - 39 | 6 | 9.5 | 138 | 8.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 148 | 7.2 | |
40 - 44 | 2 | 3.2 | 146 | 8.9 | 20 | 5.5 | 168 | 8.1 | |
45 - 49 | 6 | 9.5 | 149 | 9.1 | 27 | 7.4 | 182 | 8.8 | |
50 - 54 | 8 | 12.7 | 137 | 8.4 | 32 | 8.7 | 177 | 8.6 | |
55 - 59 | 4 | 6.3 | 217 | 13.2 | 55 | 15.0 | 276 | 13.4 | |
60 - 64 | 8 | 12.7 | 241 | 14.7 | 70 | 19.1 | 319 | 15.4 | |
65 - 69 | 6 | 9.5 | 193 | 11.8 | 51 | 13.9 | 250 | 12.1 | |
70 or older | 12 | 19.0 | 253 | 15.4 | 98 | 26.8 | 363 | 17.6 | |
Not specified | 1 | 1.6 | 45 | 2.7 | 8 | 2.2 | 54 | 2.6 | |
Mean | 55.0 |
| 55.9 |
| 63.7 |
| 57.3 |
| |
SD | 17.7 |
| 14.3 |
| 13.5 |
| 14.6 |
| |
Region | New England | 2 | 3.2 | 92 | 5.6 | 15 | 4.1 | 109 | 5.3 |
Middle Atlantic | 19 | 30.2 | 240 | 14.7 | 46 | 12.6 | 305 | 14.8 | |
East North Central | 8 | 12.7 | 288 | 17.6 | 60 | 16.4 | 356 | 17.2 | |
West North Central | 6 | 9.5 | 165 | 10.1 | 44 | 12.0 | 215 | 10.4 | |
South Atlantic | 10 | 15.9 | 267 | 16.3 | 65 | 17.8 | 342 | 16.5 | |
East South Central | 0 | .0 | 87 | 5.3 | 14 | 3.8 | 101 | 4.9 | |
West South Central | 2 | 3.2 | 144 | 8.8 | 26 | 7.1 | 172 | 8.3 | |
Mountain | 3 | 4.8 | 98 | 6.0 | 28 | 7.7 | 129 | 6.2 | |
Pacific | 8 | 12.7 | 188 | 11.5 | 60 | 16.4 | 256 | 12.4 | |
Other US (eg, Puerto Rico) | 0 | .0 | 7 | .4 | 0 | .0 | 7 | .3 | |
Canada | 1 | 1.6 | 23 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.4 | 29 | 1.4 | |
Other | 4 | 6.3 | 39 | 2.4 | 3 | .8 | 46 | 2.2 | |
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | |||||||||
Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 17 Members, 2011
| Membership Status | Total | ||||||
Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
N= | 63 | 100.0 | 1,638 | 100.0 | 366 | 100.0 | 2,067 | 100.0 |
Highest degree | ||||||||
PhD | 9 | 14.3 | 1,416 | 86.4 | 325 | 88.8 | 1,750 | 84.7 |
EdD | 4 | 6.3 | 145 | 8.9 | 34 | 9.3 | 183 | 8.9 |
PsyD | 1 | 1.6 | 40 | 2.4 | 3 | .8 | 44 | 2.1 |
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified | 0 | .0 | 23 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 27 | 1.3 |
Masters | 45 | 71.4 | 8 | .5 | 0 | .0 | 53 | 2.6 |
Baccalaureate/Associate | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 |
Not specified | 4 | 6.3 | 5 | .3 | 0 | .0 | 9 | .4 |
Less than 5 | 10 | 15.9 | 179 | 10.9 | 0 | .0 | 189 | 9.1 |
5 – 9 | 7 | 11.1 | 212 | 12.9 | 3 | .8 | 222 | 10.7 |
10 – 14 | 7 | 11.1 | 166 | 10.1 | 26 | 7.1 | 199 | 9.6 |
15 – 19 | 10 | 15.9 | 206 | 12.6 | 39 | 10.7 | 255 | 12.3 |
20 – 24 | 6 | 9.5 | 208 | 12.7 | 36 | 9.8 | 250 | 12.1 |
25 or more | 21 | 33.3 | 642 | 39.2 | 259 | 70.8 | 922 | 44.6 |
Not specified | 2 | 3.2 | 25 | 1.5 | 3 | .8 | 30 | 1.5 |
Mean | 21.0 |
| 21.8 |
| 33.0 |
| 23.8 |
|
SD | 15.8 |
| 13.9 |
| 13.5 |
| 14.5 |
|
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | ||||||||
Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 17 Members, 2011
| Membership Status | Total | |||||||
Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Total | 63 | 100.0 | 1,638 | 100.0 | 366 | 100.0 | 2,067 | 100.0 |
Health service provider subfields | Child clinical | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | .2 | 2 | .5 | 6 | .3 |
Clinical | 7 | 11.1 | 140 | 8.5 | 43 | 11.7 | 190 | 9.2 | |
Clinical neuropsychology | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | .2 | 2 | .5 | 7 | .3 | |
Counseling psychology | 29 | 46.0 | 1,035 | 63.2 | 238 | 65.0 | 1,302 | 63.0 | |
Family | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 0 | .0 | 3 | .1 | |
Forensic | 0 | .0 | 4 | .2 | 0 | .0 | 4 | .2 | |
Geropsychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 | |
Health | 0 | .0 | 17 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.1 | |
Pediatric | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .0 | |
Rehabilitation psychology | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .0 | |
School | 0 | .0 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | .5 | 18 | .9 | |
Sport psychology | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 0 | .0 | 3 | .1 | |
Subtotal | 38 | 60.3 | 1,226 | 74.8 | 294 | 80.3 | 1,558 | 75.4 | |
Research and other subfields | Cognitive | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 |
Community | 0 | .0 | 13 | .8 | 1 | .3 | 14 | .7 | |
Developmental | 0 | .0 | 5 | .3 | 2 | .5 | 7 | .3 | |
Educational | 1 | 1.6 | 14 | .9 | 3 | .8 | 18 | .9 | |
General/Methods & Systems | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | .2 | 3 | .8 | 7 | .3 | |
Industrial/Organizational | 2 | 3.2 | 14 | .9 | 9 | 2.5 | 25 | 1.2 | |
Neurosciences | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 | |
Personality | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .5 | 2 | .1 | |
Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 2 | .5 | 4 | .2 | |
Social | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 | |
Subtotal | 4 | 6.3 | 54 | 3.3 | 22 | 6.0 | 80 | 3.9 | |
Other fields | Behavioral Medicine | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 1 | .3 | 3 | .1 |
Business or Management | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 1 | .3 | 3 | .1 | |
Counseling | 8 | 12.7 | 97 | 5.9 | 27 | 7.4 | 132 | 6.4 | |
Counselor Education | 0 | .0 | 26 | 1.6 | 2 | .5 | 28 | 1.4 | |
Criminology/Criminal Justice | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Education, Teaching | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 2 | .5 | 12 | .6 | |
Genetics | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .0 | |
Industrial Relations | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 | |
Organizational Behavior | 0 | .0 | 4 | .2 | 0 | .0 | 4 | .2 | |
Psychiatry | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Public Health | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 | |
Rehabilitation | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 5 | 1.4 | 15 | .7 | |
Social/Behavioral Sciences | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .5 | 2 | .1 | |
Other | 1 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 21 | 1.0 | |
Subtotal | 9 | 14.3 | 173 | 10.6 | 45 | 12.3 | 227 | 11.0 | |
Science designation | |||||||||
General science | 2 | 3.2 | 57 | 3.5 | 18 | 4.9 | 77 | 3.7 | |
Core science | 2 | 3.2 | 31 | 1.9 | 15 | 4.1 | 48 | 2.3 | |
Neither | 47 | 74.6 | 1,365 | 83.3 | 328 | 89.6 | 1,740 | 84.2 | |
Not specified | 12 | 19.0 | 185 | 11.3 | 5 | 1.4 | 202 | 9.8 | |
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | |||||||||
Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 17 Members, 2011
Division memberships | Associate | Member | Fellow | Total | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
1. General Psychology | 1 | 1.6 | 35 | 2.1 | 21 | 5.7 | 57 | 2.8 |
2. Teaching of Psychology | 3 | 4.8 | 45 | 2.7 | 23 | 6.3 | 71 | 3.4 |
3. Experimental Psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 7 | 1.9 | 8 | .4 |
5. Evaluation & Measurement | 1 | 1.6 | 44 | 2.7 | 34 | 9.3 | 79 | 3.8 |
6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 4 | 1.1 | 5 | .2 |
7. Developmental Psychology | 0 | .0 | 7 | .4 | 5 | 1.4 | 12 | .6 |
8. Personality & Social | 5 | 7.9 | 40 | 2.4 | 19 | 5.2 | 64 | 3.1 |
9. SPSSI | 3 | 4.8 | 24 | 1.5 | 22 | 6.0 | 49 | 2.4 |
10. Psychology & the Arts | 1 | 1.6 | 20 | 1.2 | 4 | 1.1 | 25 | 1.2 |
12. Clinical Psychology | 1 | 1.6 | 54 | 3.3 | 48 | 13.1 | 103 | 5.0 |
13. Consulting Psychology | 1 | 1.6 | 46 | 2.8 | 20 | 5.5 | 67 | 3.2 |
14. SIOP | 4 | 6.3 | 22 | 1.3 | 17 | 4.6 | 43 | 2.1 |
15. Educational Psychology | 4 | 6.3 | 40 | 2.4 | 14 | 3.8 | 58 | 2.8 |
16. School Psychology | 4 | 6.3 | 28 | 1.7 | 9 | 2.5 | 41 | 2.0 |
17. Counseling Psychology | 63 | 100.0 | 1,638 | 100.0 | 366 | 100.0 | 2,067 | 100.0 |
18. Psychologists in Public Service | 0 | .0 | 29 | 1.8 | 9 | 2.5 | 38 | 1.8 |
19. Society for Military Psychology | 1 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.0 | 10 | 2.7 | 27 | 1.3 |
20. Adult Development & Aging | 1 | 1.6 | 17 | 1.0 | 12 | 3.3 | 30 | 1.5 |
21. Applied Experimental & Engineering | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 2 | .5 | 3 | .1 |
22. Rehabilitation Psychology | 3 | 4.8 | 40 | 2.4 | 18 | 4.9 | 61 | 3.0 |
23. Consumer Psychology | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 4 | 1.1 | 7 | .3 |
24. Theoretical & Philosophical | 0 | .0 | 19 | 1.2 | 10 | 2.7 | 29 | 1.4 |
25. Behavior Analysis | 1 | 1.6 | 2 | .1 | 5 | 1.4 | 8 | .4 |
26. History of Psychology | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 13 | 3.6 | 23 | 1.1 |
27. Community Psychology | 1 | 1.6 | 14 | .9 | 12 | 3.3 | 27 | 1.3 |
28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse | 0 | .0 | 12 | .7 | 4 | 1.1 | 16 | .8 |
29. Psychotherapy | 4 | 6.3 | 141 | 8.6 | 64 | 17.5 | 209 | 10.1 |
30. Psychological Hypnosis | 1 | 1.6 | 38 | 2.3 | 9 | 2.5 | 48 | 2.3 |
31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs | 0 | .0 | 14 | .9 | 19 | 5.2 | 33 | 1.6 |
32. Humanistic Psychology | 2 | 3.2 | 31 | 1.9 | 16 | 4.4 | 49 | 2.4 |
33. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities | 1 | 1.6 | 8 | .5 | 3 | .8 | 12 | .6 |
34. Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology | 0 | .0 | 6 | .4 | 7 | 1.9 | 13 | .6 |
35. Psychology of Women | 4 | 6.3 | 173 | 10.6 | 82 | 22.4 | 259 | 12.5 |
36. Psychology of Religion & Spirituality | 4 | 6.3 | 70 | 4.3 | 13 | 3.6 | 87 | 4.2 |
37. Child and Family Policy & Practice | 3 | 4.8 | 17 | 1.0 | 8 | 2.2 | 28 | 1.4 |
38. Health Psychology | 2 | 3.2 | 63 | 3.8 | 28 | 7.7 | 93 | 4.5 |
39. Psychoanalysis | 1 | 1.6 | 27 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.9 | 35 | 1.7 |
40. Clinical Neuropsychology | 2 | 3.2 | 37 | 2.3 | 9 | 2.5 | 48 | 2.3 |
41. Psychology-Law Society | 0 | .0 | 20 | 1.2 | 7 | 1.9 | 27 | 1.3 |
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice | 0 | .0 | 134 | 8.2 | 36 | 9.8 | 170 | 8.2 |
43. Family Psychology | 7 | 11.1 | 80 | 4.9 | 30 | 8.2 | 117 | 5.7 |
44. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues | 4 | 6.3 | 96 | 5.9 | 51 | 13.9 | 151 | 7.3 |
45. Ethnic Minority Issues | 4 | 6.3 | 137 | 8.4 | 89 | 24.3 | 230 | 11.1 |
46. Media Psychology | 1 | 1.6 | 8 | .5 | 9 | 2.5 | 18 | .9 |
47. Exercise & Sport Psychology | 0 | .0 | 45 | 2.7 | 12 | 3.3 | 57 | 2.8 |
48. Peace Psychology | 0 | .0 | 13 | .8 | 12 | 3.3 | 25 | 1.2 |
49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy | 4 | 6.3 | 35 | 2.1 | 27 | 7.4 | 66 | 3.2 |
50. Addiction Psychology | 0 | .0 | 41 | 2.5 | 8 | 2.2 | 49 | 2.4 |
51. Men & Masculinity | 1 | 1.6 | 70 | 4.3 | 40 | 10.9 | 111 | 5.4 |
52. International | 2 | 3.2 | 35 | 2.1 | 46 | 12.6 | 83 | 4.0 |
53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | 2 | 3.2 | 21 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.5 |
54. Pediatric Psychology | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 5 | 1.4 | 15 | .7 |
55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy | 0 | .0 | 24 | 1.5 | 8 | 2.2 | 32 | 1.5 |
56. Trauma Psychology | 3 | 4.8 | 37 | 2.3 | 21 | 5.7 | 61 | 3.0 |
| Number of divisions | ||||||||
One | 30 | 47.6 | 640 | 39.1 | 56 | 15.3 | 726 | 35.1 |
Two | 14 | 22.2 | 515 | 31.4 | 97 | 26.5 | 626 | 30.3 |
Three | 6 | 9.5 | 254 | 15.5 | 85 | 23.2 | 345 | 16.7 |
Four or more | 13 | 20.6 | 229 | 14.0 | 128 | 35.0 | 370 | 17.9 |
Number belonging to state associations | 15 | 23.8 | 676 | 41.3 | 149 | 40.7 | 840 | 40.6 |
ABPP Clinical psychology | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 11 | 3.0 | 21 | 1.0 |
Counseling | 0 | .0 | 64 | 3.9 | 25 | 6.8 | 89 | 4.3 |
Organizational business consulting psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 3 | .8 | 4 | .2 |
School | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 1 | .3 | 3 | .1 |
Clinical neuropsychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 |
Forensic | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .0 |
Family psychology | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 6 | 1.6 | 8 | .4 |
Behavioral psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 |
Clinical health | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 1 | .3 | 4 | .2 |
Psychoanalysis | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .0 |
Group psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 1 | .3 | 2 | .1 |
Rehabilitation psychology | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 3 | .8 | 5 | .2 |
ABPH Clinical hypnosis | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 |
Experimental hypnosis | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .0 |
Paid the Practice Assessment | 11 | 17.5 | 632 | 38.6 | 98 | 26.8 | 741 | 35.8 |
Did not pay | 52 | 82.5 | 1,006 | 61.4 | 268 | 73.2 | 1,326 | 64.2 |
Total | 63 | 100.0 | 1,638 | 100.0 | 366 | 100.0 | 2,067 | 100.0 |
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | ||||||||
