Division 53: 2005
Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 53 Members by Membership Status, 2005
| Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| N= | 32 | 100 | 1,663 | 100 | 165 | 100 | 1,860 | 100 |
| Men | 9 | 28.1 | 635 | 38.2 | 122 | 73.9 | 766 | 41.2 |
| Women | 23 | 71.9 | 1,024 | 61.6 | 43 | 26.1 | 1,090 | 58.6 |
| Not specified | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 |
| American Indian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.3 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1.8 |
| Black | 1 | 3.1 | 30 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 32 | 1.7 |
| White | 25 | 78.1 | 1,276 | 76.7 | 156 | 94.5 | 1,457 | 78.3 |
| Multiracial/multi-ethnic | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.5 |
| Not specified | 6 | 18.8 | 290 | 17.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 300 | 16.1 |
| Under 30 | 1 | 3.1 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.5 |
| 30 - 34 | 2 | 6.3 | 154 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 8.4 |
| 35 - 39 | 4 | 12.5 | 262 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 14.3 |
| 40 - 44 | 2 | 6.3 | 234 | 14.1 | 4 | 2.4 | 240 | 12.9 |
| 45 - 49 | 4 | 12.5 | 218 | 13.1 | 13 | 7.9 | 235 | 12.6 |
| 50 - 54 | 4 | 12.5 | 258 | 15.5 | 31 | 18.8 | 293 | 15.8 |
| 55 - 59 | 3 | 9.4 | 241 | 14.5 | 46 | 27.9 | 290 | 15.6 |
| 60 - 64 | 6 | 18.8 | 128 | 7.7 | 27 | 16.4 | 161 | 8.7 |
| 65 - 69 | 3 | 9.4 | 36 | 2.2 | 17 | 10.3 | 56 | 3 |
| 70 or older | 2 | 6.3 | 49 | 2.9 | 20 | 12.1 | 71 | 3.8 |
| Not specified | 1 | 3.1 | 75 | 4.5 | 7 | 4.2 | 83 | 4.5 |
| Mean | 52.2 | 48 | 59 | 49 | ||||
| SD | 12.8 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 11.1 | ||||
| New England | 2 | 6.3 | 151 | 9.1 | 15 | 9.1 | 168 | 9 |
| Middle Atlantic | 10 | 31.3 | 296 | 17.8 | 26 | 15.8 | 332 | 17.8 |
| East North Central | 4 | 12.5 | 241 | 14.5 | 23 | 13.9 | 268 | 14.4 |
| West North Central | 1 | 3.1 | 113 | 6.8 | 12 | 7.3 | 126 | 6.8 |
| South Atlantic | 4 | 12.5 | 325 | 19.5 | 44 | 26.7 | 373 | 20.1 |
| East South Central | 2 | 6.3 | 65 | 3.9 | 8 | 4.8 | 75 | 4 |
| West South Central | 2 | 6.3 | 108 | 6.5 | 15 | 9.1 | 125 | 6.7 |
| Mountain | 0 | 0 | 96 | 5.8 | 4 | 2.4 | 100 | 5.4 |
| Pacific | 6 | 18.8 | 224 | 13.5 | 15 | 9.1 | 245 | 13.2 |
| Other US (eg, Puerto Rico) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Canada | 1 | 3.1 | 21 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 24 | 1.3 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 20 | 1.1 |
Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 53 Members by Membership Status, 2005
| Membership Status | Total | |||||||
| Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| N= | 32 | 100 | 1,663 | 100 | 165 | 100 | 1,860 | 100 |
| Ph.D. | 7 | 21.9 | 1,389 | 83.5 | 155 | 93.9 | 1,551 | 83.4 |
| Ed.D. | 1 | 3.1 | 27 | 1.6 | 6 | 3.6 | 34 | 1.8 |
| Psy.D. | 0 | 0 | 203 | 12.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 204 | 11 |
| M.D. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1.8 |
| Masters | 22 | 68.8 | 5 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 28 | 1.5 |
| Baccalaureate/Associate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Not specified | 2 | 6.3 | 4 | 0.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 8 | 0.4 |
| Less than 5 | 2 | 6.3 | 187 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 10.2 |
| 5 – 9 | 5 | 15.6 | 393 | 23.6 | 0 | 0 | 398 | 21.4 |
| 10 – 14 | 6 | 18.8 | 323 | 19.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 333 | 17.9 |
| 15 – 19 | 4 | 12.5 | 231 | 13.9 | 10 | 6.1 | 245 | 13.2 |
| 20 – 24 | 4 | 12.5 | 190 | 11.4 | 26 | 15.8 | 220 | 11.8 |
| 25 or more | 9 | 28.1 | 312 | 18.8 | 124 | 75.2 | 445 | 23.9 |
| Not specified | 2 | 6.3 | 27 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 30 | 1.6 |
| Mean | 19 | 15.2 | 30.1 | 16.6 | ||||
| SD | 12.1 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 10.8 | ||||
Source: 2005 APA Directory. Compiled by APA Research Office.
Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 53 Members by Membership Status, 2005
| 53 | Membership Status | total | |||||||
| Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| N= | 32 | 100 | 1,663 | 100 | 165 | 100 | 1,860 | 100 | |
| Health service provider subfields | Child clinical | 5 | 15.6 | 606 | 36.4 | 33 | 20 | 644 | 34.6 |
| Clinical | 12 | 37.5 | 781 | 47 | 91 | 55.2 | 884 | 47.5 | |
| Counseling psychology | 5 | 15.6 | 53 | 3.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 59 | 3.2 | |
| Health | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | 3 | 1.8 | 13 | 0.7 | |
| School | 5 | 15.6 | 87 | 5.2 | 16 | 9.7 | 108 | 5.8 | |
| Subtotal | 27 | 84.4 | 1,537 | 92.4 | 144 | 87.3 | 1,708 | 91.8 | |
| Research and other subfields | Community | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 4 | 2.4 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Developmental | 1 | 3.1 | 29 | 1.7 | 9 | 5.5 | 39 | 2.1 | |
| Educational | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Environmental | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Experimental | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| General/Methods & Systems | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Neurosciences | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Personality | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psychopharmacology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Quantitative/Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Social | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Subtotal | 1 | 3.1 | 49 | 2.9 | 16 | 9.7 | 66 | 3.5 | |
| Other fields | Counseling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Counselor Education | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Education, Teaching | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psychiatry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Public Health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Social Work | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Special Education | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Speech & Hearing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Other | 2 | 6.3 | 12 | 0.7 | 4 | 2.4 | 18 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 2 | 6.3 | 22 | 1.3 | 4 | 2.4 | 28 | 1.5 | |
| Not specified | 2 | 6.3 | 55 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 58 | 3.1 | |
| Science designation | General science | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.8 | 7 | 4.2 | 21 | 1.1 |
| Core science | 1 | 3.1 | 47 | 2.8 | 12 | 7.3 | 60 | 3.2 | |
| Neither | 29 | 90.6 | 1,547 | 93 | 145 | 87.9 | 1,721 | 92.5 | |
Source: 2005 APA Directory. Compiled by APA Research Office.
Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 53 Members by Membership Status, 2005
| Other divisions | Associate | Member | Fellow | Total | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| 1. General Psychology | 1 | 3.1 | 8 | 0.5 | 19 | 11.5 | 28 | 1.5 |
| 2. Teaching of Psychology | 1 | 3.1 | 30 | 1.8 | 11 | 6.7 | 42 | 2.3 |
| 3. Experimental Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 3.6 | 7 | 0.4 |
| 5. Evaluation & Measurement | 1 | 3.1 | 24 | 1.4 | 10 | 6.1 | 35 | 1.9 |
| 6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0.3 |
| 7. Developmental Psychology | 2 | 6.3 | 77 | 4.6 | 25 | 15.2 | 104 | 5.6 |
| 8. Personality & Social | 1 | 3.1 | 22 | 1.3 | 8 | 4.8 | 31 | 1.7 |
| 9. SPSSI | 1 | 3.1 | 26 | 1.6 | 12 | 7.3 | 39 | 2.1 |
| 10. Psychology & the Arts | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 11 | 0.6 |
| 12. Clinical Psychology | 0 | 0 | 397 | 23.9 | 113 | 68.5 | 510 | 27.4 |
| 13. Consulting Psychology | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 3 | 1.8 | 8 | 0.4 |
| 14. SIOP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.3 |
| 15. Educational Psychology | 3 | 9.4 | 27 | 1.6 | 8 | 4.8 | 38 | 2 |
| 16. School Psychology | 5 | 15.6 | 134 | 8.1 | 30 | 18.2 | 169 | 9.1 |
| 17. Counseling Psychology | 2 | 6.3 | 24 | 1.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 30 | 1.6 |
| 18. Psychologists in Public Service | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | 6 | 3.6 | 16 | 0.9 |
| 19. Society for Military Psychology | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 7 | 0.4 |
| 20. Adult Development & Aging | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 10 | 0.5 |
| 21. Applied Experimental & Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.2 |
| 22. Rehabilitation Psychology | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | 6 | 3.6 | 16 | 0.9 |
| 23. Consumer Psychology | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.2 |
| 24. Theoretical & Philosophical | 1 | 3.1 | 7 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 11 | 0.6 |
| 25. Behavior Analysis | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 10.3 | 34 | 1.8 |
| 26. History of Psychology | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 6 | 3.6 | 13 | 0.7 |
| 27. Community Psychology | 1 | 3.1 | 20 | 1.2 | 18 | 10.9 | 39 | 2.1 |
| 28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.7 | 7 | 4.2 | 19 | 1 |
| 29. Psychotherapy | 2 | 6.3 | 91 | 5.5 | 21 | 12.7 | 114 | 6.1 |
| 30. Psychological Hypnosis | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.3 | 6 | 3.6 | 28 | 1.5 |
| 31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.9 | 9 | 5.5 | 24 | 1.3 |
| 32. Humanistic Psychology | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0.5 |
| 33. Mental Retardation | 1 | 3.1 | 35 | 2.1 | 16 | 9.7 | 52 | 2.8 |
| 34. Population & Environmental | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 2.4 | 5 | 0.3 |
| 35. Psychology of Women | 2 | 6.3 | 36 | 2.2 | 13 | 7.9 | 51 | 2.7 |
| 36. Psychology of Religion | 2 | 6.3 | 13 | 0.8 | 7 | 4.2 | 22 | 1.2 |
| 37. Child, Youth & Family Services | 1 | 3.1 | 160 | 9.6 | 73 | 44.2 | 234 | 12.6 |
| 38. Health Psychology | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.3 | 28 | 17 | 67 | 3.6 |
| 39. Psychoanalysis | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.2 | 6 | 3.6 | 43 | 2.3 |
| 40. Clinical Neuropsychology | 1 | 3.1 | 95 | 5.7 | 20 | 12.1 | 116 | 6.2 |
| 41. Psychology-Law Society | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3.2 | 8 | 4.8 | 61 | 3.3 |
| 42. Psychologists in Independent Practice | 0 | 0 | 159 | 9.6 | 17 | 10.3 | 176 | 9.5 |
| 43. Family Psychology | 1 | 3.1 | 82 | 4.9 | 23 | 13.9 | 106 | 5.7 |
| 44. Lesbian & Gay Issues | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.8 | 16 | 0.9 |
| 45. Ethnic Minority Issues | 1 | 3.1 | 36 | 2.2 | 6 | 3.6 | 43 | 2.3 |
| 46. Media Psychology | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.4 | 9 | 5.5 | 15 | 0.8 |
| 47. Exercise & Sport Psychology | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 3.6 | 23 | 1.2 |
| 48. Peace Psychology | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0.9 |
| 49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy | 1 | 3.1 | 11 | 0.7 | 7 | 4.2 | 19 | 1 |
| 50. Addictions | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.2 | 8 | 4.8 | 28 | 1.5 |
| 51. Men & Masculinity | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0.9 |
| 52. International | 1 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 13.9 | 40 | 2.2 |
| 53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | 32 | 100 | 1,663 | 100 | 165 | 100 | 1,860 | 100 |
| 54. Pediatric Psychology | 5 | 15.6 | 279 | 16.8 | 68 | 41.2 | 352 | 18.9 |
| 55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.7 | 6 | 3.6 | 34 | 1.8 |
| Number of divisions | ||||||||
| One | 17 | 53.1 | 586 | 35.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 606 | 32.6 |
| Two | 7 | 21.9 | 537 | 32.3 | 27 | 16.4 | 571 | 30.7 |
| Three | 4 | 12.5 | 267 | 16.1 | 32 | 19.4 | 303 | 16.3 |
| Four or more | 4 | 12.5 | 273 | 16.4 | 103 | 62.4 | 380 | 20.4 |
| Number belonging to state associations | 13 | 40.6 | 804 | 48.3 | 104 | 63 | 921 | 49.5 |
| ABPP Clinical psychology | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.3 | 41 | 24.8 | 79 | 4.2 |
| Counseling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Industrial-organizational | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| School | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0.6 |
| Clinical neuropsychology | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 11 | 0.6 |
| Forensic | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Family psychology | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 6 | 3.6 | 8 | 0.4 |
| Behavioral psychology | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | 4 | 2.4 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Health psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Clinical child and adolescent psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Total | 32 | 100 | 1,663 | 100 | 165 | 100 | 1,860 | 100 |
Source: 2005 APA Directory. Compiled by APA Research Office.
