Division 53: 2011
Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 53 Members, 2011
Membership Status | Total | ||||||||
Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| N= | 28 | 100.0 | 1,550 | 100.0 | 188 | 100.0 | 1,766 | 100.0 |
Gender | Men | 5 | 17.9 | 566 | 36.5 | 128 | 68.1 | 699 | 39.6 |
Women | 23 | 82.1 | 982 | 63.4 | 60 | 31.9 | 1,065 | 60.3 | |
Not specified | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Race/Ethnicity | Asian | 1 | 3.6 | 26 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.1 | 29 | 1.6 |
Hispanic | 0 | .0 | 36 | 2.3 | 1 | .5 | 37 | 2.1 | |
Black | 1 | 3.6 | 27 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.1 | 30 | 1.7 | |
White | 21 | 75.0 | 1,146 | 73.9 | 180 | 95.7 | 1,347 | 76.3 | |
Multiracial/multi-ethnic | 0 | .0 | 15 | 1.0 | 1 | .5 | 16 | .9 | |
Not specified | 5 | 17.9 | 300 | 19.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 307 | 17.4 | |
Age | Under 30 | 1 | 3.6 | 11 | .7 | 0 | .0 | 12 | .7 |
30 - 34 | 4 | 14.3 | 143 | 9.2 | 0 | .0 | 147 | 8.3 | |
35 - 39 | 0 | .0 | 198 | 12.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 200 | 11.3 | |
40 - 44 | 1 | 3.6 | 221 | 14.3 | 5 | 2.7 | 227 | 12.9 | |
45 - 49 | 7 | 25.0 | 161 | 10.4 | 9 | 4.8 | 177 | 10.0 | |
50 - 54 | 4 | 14.3 | 183 | 11.8 | 11 | 5.9 | 198 | 11.2 | |
55 - 59 | 1 | 3.6 | 199 | 12.8 | 38 | 20.2 | 238 | 13.5 | |
60 - 64 | 2 | 7.1 | 195 | 12.6 | 50 | 26.6 | 247 | 14.0 | |
65 - 69 | 3 | 10.7 | 112 | 7.2 | 34 | 18.1 | 149 | 8.4 | |
70 or older | 4 | 14.3 | 74 | 4.8 | 33 | 17.6 | 111 | 6.3 | |
Not specified | 1 | 3.6 | 53 | 3.4 | 6 | 3.2 | 60 | 3.4 | |
Mean | 52.7 |
| 50.2 |
| 62.4 |
| 51.5 |
| |
SD | 14.9 |
| 12.3 |
| 9.2 |
| 12.6 |
| |
Region | New England | 3 | 10.7 | 136 | 8.8 | 14 | 7.4 | 153 | 8.7 |
Middle Atlantic | 7 | 25.0 | 252 | 16.3 | 32 | 17.0 | 291 | 16.5 | |
East North Central | 3 | 10.7 | 237 | 15.3 | 28 | 14.9 | 268 | 15.2 | |
West North Central | 0 | .0 | 119 | 7.7 | 14 | 7.4 | 133 | 7.5 | |
South Atlantic | 3 | 10.7 | 308 | 19.9 | 47 | 25.0 | 358 | 20.3 | |
East South Central | 1 | 3.6 | 69 | 4.5 | 9 | 4.8 | 79 | 4.5 | |
West South Central | 1 | 3.6 | 95 | 6.1 | 17 | 9.0 | 113 | 6.4 | |
Mountain | 0 | .0 | 78 | 5.0 | 5 | 2.7 | 83 | 4.7 | |
Pacific | 8 | 28.6 | 207 | 13.4 | 18 | 9.6 | 233 | 13.2 | |
Other US (eg, Puerto Rico) | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Canada | 1 | 3.6 | 28 | 1.8 | 4 | 2.1 | 33 | 1.9 | |
Other | 1 | 3.6 | 19 | 1.2 | 0 | .0 | 20 | 1.1 | |
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | |||||||||
Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 53 Members, 2011
| Membership Status | Total | ||||||
Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
N= | 28 | 100.0 | 1,550 | 100.0 | 188 | 100.0 | 1,766 | 100.0 |
| Highest degree | ||||||||
PhD | 10 | 35.7 | 1,282 | 82.7 | 180 | 95.7 | 1,472 | 83.4 |
EdD | 1 | 3.6 | 20 | 1.3 | 5 | 2.7 | 26 | 1.5 |
PsyD | 0 | .0 | 226 | 14.6 | 1 | .5 | 227 | 12.9 |
MD | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 |
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified | 0 | .0 | 17 | 1.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 19 | 1.1 |
Masters | 13 | 46.4 | 3 | .2 | 0 | .0 | 16 | .9 |
Not specified | 4 | 14.3 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 5 | .3 |
| Years since degree | ||||||||
Less than 5 | 4 | 14.3 | 154 | 9.9 | 0 | .0 | 158 | 8.9 |
5 - 9 | 2 | 7.1 | 270 | 17.4 | 0 | .0 | 272 | 15.4 |
10 - 14 | 1 | 3.6 | 265 | 17.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 272 | 15.4 |
15 - 19 | 8 | 28.6 | 238 | 15.4 | 8 | 4.3 | 254 | 14.4 |
20 - 24 | 3 | 10.7 | 193 | 12.5 | 15 | 8.0 | 211 | 11.9 |
25 or more | 8 | 28.6 | 410 | 26.5 | 158 | 84.0 | 576 | 32.6 |
Not specified | 2 | 7.1 | 20 | 1.3 | 1 | .5 | 23 | 1.3 |
Mean | 19.8 |
| 17.9 |
| 33.6 |
| 19.6 |
|
SD | 12.0 |
| 11.3 |
| 9.5 |
| 12.1 |
|
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | ||||||||
Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 53 Members, 2011
| Membership Status | Total | |||||||
Associate | Member | Fellow | N | % | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Total | 28 | 100.0 | 1,550 | 100.0 | 188 | 100.0 | 1,766 | 100.0 |
Health service provider subfields | Behavior analysis | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 |
Child clinical | 7 | 25.0 | 540 | 34.8 | 46 | 24.5 | 593 | 33.6 | |
Clinical | 9 | 32.1 | 615 | 39.7 | 93 | 49.5 | 717 | 40.6 | |
Clinical neuropsychology | 0 | .0 | 9 | .6 | 1 | .5 | 10 | .6 | |
Counseling psychology | 3 | 10.7 | 35 | 2.3 | 1 | .5 | 39 | 2.2 | |
Family | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 2 | 1.1 | 5 | .3 | |
Forensic | 0 | .0 | 7 | .5 | 0 | .0 | 7 | .4 | |
Health | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 5 | 2.7 | 15 | .8 | |
Pediatric | 0 | .0 | 13 | .8 | 4 | 2.1 | 17 | 1.0 | |
School | 4 | 14.3 | 58 | 3.7 | 17 | 9.0 | 79 | 4.5 | |
Subtotal | 23 | 82.1 | 1,292 | 83.4 | 169 | 89.9 | 1,484 | 84.0 | |
Research and other subfields | Community | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 3 | 1.6 | 6 | .3 |
Developmental | 1 | 3.6 | 28 | 1.8 | 6 | 3.2 | 35 | 2.0 | |
Educational | 0 | .0 | 6 | .4 | 1 | .5 | 7 | .4 | |
Experimental | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .5 | 1 | .1 | |
General/Methods & Systems | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Industrial/Organizational | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Neurosciences | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Personality | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Subtotal | 1 | 3.6 | 43 | 2.8 | 11 | 5.9 | 55 | 3.1 | |
Other fields | Behavioral Medicine | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 |
Counseling | 0 | .0 | 5 | .3 | 0 | .0 | 5 | .3 | |
Law | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .5 | 1 | .1 | |
Psychiatry | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Public Admin | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Public Health | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Rehabilitation | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .5 | 1 | .1 | |
Social/Behavioral Sciences | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Social Work | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | |
Special Education | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | |
Other | 1 | 3.6 | 8 | .5 | 5 | 2.7 | 14 | .8 | |
Subtotal | 1 | 3.6 | 24 | 1.5 | 7 | 3.7 | 32 | 1.8 | |
Science designation | General science | 0 | .0 | 17 | 1.1 | 8 | 4.3 | 25 | 1.4 |
Core science | 1 | 3.6 | 40 | 2.6 | 8 | 4.3 | 49 | 2.8 | |
Neither | 24 | 85.7 | 1,302 | 84.0 | 171 | 91.0 | 1,497 | 84.8 | |
Not specified | 3 | 10.7 | 191 | 12.3 | 1 | .5 | 195 | 11.0 | |
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | |||||||||
Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 53 Members, 2011
Division memberships | Associate | Member | Fellow | Total | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
1. General Psychology | 1 | 3.6 | 7 | .5 | 16 | 8.5 | 24 | 1.4 |
2. Teaching of Psychology | 1 | 3.6 | 22 | 1.4 | 11 | 5.9 | 34 | 1.9 |
3. Experimental Psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 6 | 3.2 | 7 | .4 |
5. Evaluation & Measurement | 1 | 3.6 | 26 | 1.7 | 10 | 5.3 | 37 | 2.1 |
6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative | 0 | .0 | 4 | .3 | 4 | 2.1 | 8 | .5 |
7. Developmental Psychology | 2 | 7.1 | 61 | 3.9 | 22 | 11.7 | 85 | 4.8 |
8. Personality & Social | 0 | .0 | 19 | 1.2 | 6 | 3.2 | 25 | 1.4 |
9. SPSSI | 1 | 3.6 | 9 | .6 | 8 | 4.3 | 18 | 1.0 |
10. Psychology & the Arts | 1 | 3.6 | 7 | .5 | 6 | 3.2 | 14 | .8 |
12. Clinical Psychology | 0 | .0 | 281 | 18.1 | 120 | 63.8 | 401 | 22.7 |
13. Consulting Psychology | 0 | .0 | 8 | .5 | 2 | 1.1 | 10 | .6 |
14. SIOP | 0 | .0 | 5 | .3 | 2 | 1.1 | 7 | .4 |
15. Educational Psychology | 2 | 7.1 | 20 | 1.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 29 | 1.6 |
16. School Psychology | 5 | 17.9 | 93 | 6.0 | 30 | 16.0 | 128 | 7.2 |
17. Counseling Psychology | 2 | 7.1 | 21 | 1.4 | 7 | 3.7 | 30 | 1.7 |
18. Psychologists in Public Service | 0 | .0 | 6 | .4 | 7 | 3.7 | 13 | .7 |
19. Society for Military Psychology | 0 | .0 | 9 | .6 | 3 | 1.6 | 12 | .7 |
20. Adult Development & Aging | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 3 | 1.6 | 13 | .7 |
21. Applied Experimental & Engineering | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 3 | 1.6 | 4 | .2 |
22. Rehabilitation Psychology | 0 | .0 | 5 | .3 | 6 | 3.2 | 11 | .6 |
23. Consumer Psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 2 | 1.1 | 3 | .2 |
24. Theoretical & Philosophical | 1 | 3.6 | 7 | .5 | 3 | 1.6 | 11 | .6 |
25. Behavior Analysis | 1 | 3.6 | 25 | 1.6 | 15 | 8.0 | 41 | 2.3 |
26. History of Psychology | 0 | .0 | 7 | .5 | 8 | 4.3 | 15 | .8 |
27. Community Psychology | 1 | 3.6 | 14 | .9 | 18 | 9.6 | 33 | 1.9 |
28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse | 0 | .0 | 8 | .5 | 8 | 4.3 | 16 | .9 |
29. Psychotherapy | 2 | 7.1 | 55 | 3.5 | 17 | 9.0 | 74 | 4.2 |
30. Psychological Hypnosis | 0 | .0 | 17 | 1.1 | 7 | 3.7 | 24 | 1.4 |
31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 7 | 3.7 | 17 | 1.0 |
32. Humanistic Psychology | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 6 | 3.2 | 9 | .5 |
33. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities | 2 | 7.1 | 36 | 2.3 | 14 | 7.4 | 52 | 2.9 |
34. Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 3 | 1.6 | 4 | .2 |
35. Psychology of Women | 2 | 7.1 | 24 | 1.5 | 14 | 7.4 | 40 | 2.3 |
36. Psychology of Religion & Spirituality | 1 | 3.6 | 16 | 1.0 | 7 | 3.7 | 24 | 1.4 |
37. Child and Family Policy & Practice | 3 | 10.7 | 147 | 9.5 | 70 | 37.2 | 220 | 12.5 |
38. Health Psychology | 0 | .0 | 41 | 2.6 | 34 | 18.1 | 75 | 4.2 |
39. Psychoanalysis | 0 | .0 | 30 | 1.9 | 5 | 2.7 | 35 | 2.0 |
40. Clinical Neuropsychology | 1 | 3.6 | 74 | 4.8 | 13 | 6.9 | 88 | 5.0 |
41. Psychology-Law Society | 0 | .0 | 36 | 2.3 | 10 | 5.3 | 46 | 2.6 |
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice | 0 | .0 | 108 | 7.0 | 18 | 9.6 | 126 | 7.1 |
43. Family Psychology | 1 | 3.6 | 79 | 5.1 | 23 | 12.2 | 103 | 5.8 |
44. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues | 0 | .0 | 16 | 1.0 | 4 | 2.1 | 20 | 1.1 |
45. Ethnic Minority Issues | 1 | 3.6 | 27 | 1.7 | 7 | 3.7 | 35 | 2.0 |
46. Media Psychology | 0 | .0 | 7 | .5 | 12 | 6.4 | 19 | 1.1 |
47. Exercise & Sport Psychology | 0 | .0 | 19 | 1.2 | 6 | 3.2 | 25 | 1.4 |
48. Peace Psychology | 0 | .0 | 11 | .7 | 7 | 3.7 | 18 | 1.0 |
49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy | 1 | 3.6 | 6 | .4 | 7 | 3.7 | 14 | .8 |
50. Addiction Psychology | 1 | 3.6 | 14 | .9 | 7 | 3.7 | 22 | 1.2 |
51. Men & Masculinity | 0 | .0 | 10 | .6 | 6 | 3.2 | 16 | .9 |
52. International | 1 | 3.6 | 9 | .6 | 22 | 11.7 | 32 | 1.8 |
53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | 28 | 100.0 | 1,550 | 100.0 | 188 | 100.0 | 1,766 | 100.0 |
54. Pediatric Psychology | 6 | 21.4 | 263 | 17.0 | 74 | 39.4 | 343 | 19.4 |
55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy | 0 | .0 | 19 | 1.2 | 8 | 4.3 | 27 | 1.5 |
56. Trauma Psychology | 2 | 7.1 | 36 | 2.3 | 11 | 5.9 | 49 | 2.8 |
| Number of divisions | ||||||||
One | 11 | 39.3 | 621 | 40.1 | 5 | 2.7 | 637 | 36.1 |
Two | 8 | 28.6 | 493 | 31.8 | 41 | 21.8 | 542 | 30.7 |
Three | 3 | 10.7 | 226 | 14.6 | 37 | 19.7 | 266 | 15.1 |
Four or more | 6 | 21.4 | 210 | 13.5 | 105 | 55.9 | 321 | 18.2 |
Number belonging to state associations | 11 | 39.3 | 651 | 42.0 | 112 | 59.6 | 774 | 43.8 |
ABPP Clinical psychology | 0 | .0 | 36 | 2.3 | 42 | 22.3 | 78 | 4.4 |
Counseling | 0 | .0 | 3 | .2 | 1 | .5 | 4 | .2 |
School | 0 | .0 | 5 | .3 | 5 | 2.7 | 10 | .6 |
Clinical neuropsychology | 0 | .0 | 6 | .4 | 2 | 1.1 | 8 | .5 |
Forensic | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 | 3 | 1.6 | 5 | .3 |
Family psychology | 0 | .0 | 4 | .3 | 7 | 3.7 | 11 | .6 |
Behavioral psychology | 0 | .0 | 7 | .5 | 3 | 1.6 | 10 | .6 |
Clinical health | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 7 | 3.7 | 8 | .5 |
Psychoanalysis | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .5 | 1 | .1 |
Clinical child and adolescent psychology | 0 | .0 | 33 | 2.1 | 26 | 13.8 | 59 | 3.3 |
Group psychology | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .1 |
Rehabilitation psychology | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | .5 | 1 | .1 |
Paid the Practice Assessment | 6 | 21.4 | 916 | 59.1 | 77 | 41.0 | 999 | 56.6 |
Did not pay | 22 | 78.6 | 634 | 40.9 | 111 | 59.0 | 767 | 43.4 |
Total | 28 | 100.0 | 1,550 | 100.0 | 188 | 100.0 | 1,766 | 100.0 |
Source: 2011 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. | ||||||||
