Division 8: 2007

Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007

		Membership Status						Total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
	N=	155	100	1,821	100	695	100	2,671	100
Gender	Men	82	52.9	1,070	58.8	516	74.2	1,668	62.4
	Women	69	44.5	743	40.8	179	25.8	991	37.1
	Not specified	4	2.6	8	0.4	0	0	12	0.4
Race/	American Indian	0	0	10	0.5	3	0.4	13	0.5
Ethnicity	Asian	12	7.7	73	4	10	1.4	95	3.6
	Hispanic	5	3.2	29	1.6	4	0.6	38	1.4
	Black	8	5.2	33	1.8	9	1.3	50	1.9
	White	87	56.1	1,388	76.2	646	92.9	2,121	79.4
	Other	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
	Multiracial/multi-ethnic	0	0	7	0.4	0	0	7	0.3
	Not specified	43	27.7	280	15.4	23	3.3	346	13
Age	Under 30	1	0.6	3	0.2	0	0	4	0.1
	30 - 34	9	5.8	46	2.5	0	0	55	2.1
	35 - 39	9	5.8	143	7.9	2	0.3	154	5.8
	40 - 44	16	10.3	169	9.3	12	1.7	197	7.4
	45 - 49	16	10.3	173	9.5	28	4	217	8.1
	50 - 54	15	9.7	196	10.8	45	6.5	256	9.6
	55 - 59	18	11.6	273	15	107	15.4	398	14.9
	60 - 64	17	11	253	13.9	121	17.4	391	14.6
	65 - 69	10	6.5	112	6.2	84	12.1	206	7.7
	70 or older	32	20.6	317	17.4	273	39.3	622	23.3
	Not specified	12	7.7	136	7.5	23	3.3	171	6.4
	Mean	56.9		57.3		67.8		60.1
	SD	15.1		14.5		12.8		14.9
Region	New England	12	7.7	139	7.6	68	9.8	219	8.2
	Middle Atlantic	32	20.6	337	18.5	139	20	508	19
	East North Central	16	10.3	247	13.6	93	13.4	356	13.3
	West North Central	10	6.5	108	5.9	41	5.9	159	6
	South Atlantic	22	14.2	259	14.2	104	15	385	14.4
	East South Central	4	2.6	54	3	8	1.2	66	2.5
	West South Central	9	5.8	93	5.1	23	3.3	125	4.7
	Mountain	3	1.9	88	4.8	38	5.5	129	4.8
	Pacific	25	16.1	293	16.1	137	19.7	455	17
	Other US (eg, Puerto Rico)	0	0	3	0.2	0	0	3	0.1
	Canada	3	1.9	82	4.5	20	2.9	105	3.9
	Other	19	12.3	118	6.5	24	3.5	161	6

Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007

	Membership Status						Total
	Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
N=	155	100	1,821	100	695	100	2,671	100
Highest degree
Ph.D.	33	21.3	1,626	89.3	683	98.3	2,342	87.7
Ed.D.	5	3.2	43	2.4	7	1	55	2.1
Psy.D.	0	0	56	3.1	0	0	56	2.1
M.D.	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified	0	0	32	1.8	3	0.4	35	1.3
Masters	103	66.5	30	1.6	1	0.1	134	5
Baccalaureate/Associate	1	0.6	2	0.1	0	0	3	0.1
Certificate/diploma	0	0	2	0.1	0	0	2	0.1
Not specified	13	8.4	29	1.6	1	0.1	43	1.6
Years since degree
Less than 5	15	9.7	72	4	0	0	87	3.3
5 – 9	20	12.9	218	12	2	0.3	240	9
10 – 14	18	11.6	279	15.3	10	1.4	307	11.5
15 – 19	22	14.2	214	11.8	22	3.2	258	9.7
20 – 24	13	8.4	187	10.3	41	5.9	241	9
25 or more	57	36.8	791	43.4	617	88.8	1,465	54.8
Not specified	10	6.5	60	3.3	3	0.4	73	2.7
Mean	23.3		24.2		39.3		28.1
SD	16		14.4		12.7		15.6

Source: 2007 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research.

Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 8 Members, 2007

8		Membership Status						total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
	N =	155	100	1,821	100	695	100	2,671	100
Health service provider subfields	Child clinical	0	0	15	0.8	0	0	15	0.6
	Clinical	32	20.6	431	23.7	107	15.4	570	21.3
	Clinical neuropsychology	0	0	4	0.2	1	0.1	5	0.2
	Counseling psychology	10	6.5	96	5.3	16	2.3	122	4.6
	Forensic	1	0.6	7	0.4	0	0	8	0.3
	Geropsychology	1	0.6	5	0.3	3	0.4	9	0.3
	Health	1	0.6	40	2.2	25	3.6	66	2.5
	School	7	4.5	18	1	2	0.3	27	1
	Sport psychology	0	0	1	0.1	2	0.3	3	0.1
	Subtotal	52	33.5	617	33.9	156	22.4	825	30.9
Research and other subfields	Cognitive	1	0.6	9	0.5	5	0.7	15	0.6
	Community	3	1.9	8	0.4	4	0.6	15	0.6
	Developmental	6	3.9	55	3	36	5.2	97	3.6
	Educational	2	1.3	35	1.9	10	1.4	47	1.8
	Environmental	0	0	3	0.2	11	1.6	14	0.5
	Experimental	1	0.6	18	1	3	0.4	22	0.8
	General/Methods & Systems	5	3.2	18	1	11	1.6	34	1.3
	Industrial/Organizational	18	11.6	118	6.5	34	4.9	170	6.4
	Neurosciences	0	0	3	0.2	3	0.4	6	0.2
	Personality	5	3.2	91	5	60	8.6	156	5.8
	Physiological/Psychobiology	0	0	0	0	3	0.4	3	0.1
	Psychopharmacology	0	0	4	0.2	0	0	4	0.1
	Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats	1	0.6	25	1.4	9	1.3	35	1.3
	Social	23	14.8	541	29.7	294	42.3	858	32.1
	Subtotal	65	41.9	928	51	483	69.5	1,476	55.3
Other fields	Anthropology	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
	Behavioral Medicine	0	0	5	0.3	2	0.3	7	0.3
	Business or Management	1	0.6	17	0.9	6	0.9	24	0.9
	Cognitive science	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
	Communications/Journalism	0	0	9	0.5	1	0.1	10	0.4
	Computer Science	1	0.6	1	0.1	0	0	2	0.1
	Counseling	0	0	3	0.2	0	0	3	0.1
	Counselor Education	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
	Criminology/Criminal Justice	3	1.9	3	0.2	2	0.3	8	0.3
	Economics	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
	Education, Teaching	2	1.3	9	0.5	2	0.3	13	0.5
	Engineering	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
	Epidemiology	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	2	0.1
	Genetics	1	0.6	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Law	0	0	4	0.2	0	0	4	0.1
	Medicine	0	0	3	0.2	0	0	3	0.1
	Nursing	0	0	3	0.2	1	0.1	4	0.1
	Organizational Behavior	0	0	14	0.8	7	1	21	0.8
	Political Science	0	0	2	0.1	0	0	2	0.1
	Psychiatry	0	0	2	0.1	0	0	2	0.1
	Public Admin	1	0.6	1	0.1	0	0	2	0.1
	Public Health	0	0	6	0.3	0	0	6	0.2
	Rehabilitation	0	0	3	0.2	0	0	3	0.1
	Social/Behavioral Sciences	1	0.6	7	0.4	1	0.1	9	0.3
	Social Work	1	0.6	3	0.2	1	0.1	5	0.2
	Sociology	0	0	3	0.2	0	0	3	0.1
	Special Education	1	0.6	2	0.1	0	0	3	0.1
	Statistics	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0
	Theology/Religion	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	2	0.1
	Other	4	2.6	49	2.7	24	3.5	77	2.9
	Subtotal	16	10.3	156	8.6	50	7.2	222	8.3
Not specified	Not specified	22	14.2	120	6.6	6	0.9	148	5.5
Science designation	General science	25	16.1	185	10.2	70	10.1	280	10.5
	Core science	47	30.3	834	45.8	455	65.5	1,336	50
	Neither	61	39.4	682	37.5	164	23.6	907	34

Source: 2007 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research.

Table 1: Employment Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007

		Membership Status						Total
		Associate		Member		Fellow		N	%
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
	N=	155	100	1,821	100	695	100	2,671	100
Employment status	Employed full time	26	16.8	640	35.1	284	40.9	950	35.6
	Employed part time	14	9	91	5	33	4.7	138	5.2
	Employed; status not known	18	11.6	248	13.6	85	12.2	351	13.1
	Postdoctoral study	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	1	0
	Unemployed, seeking employment	1	0.6	4	0.2	1	0.1	6	0.2
	Unemployed, not seeking	1	0.6	6	0.3	0	0	7	0.3
	Retired	6	3.9	75	4.1	76	10.9	157	5.9
	Other	0	0	9	0.5	11	1.6	20	0.7
	Not specified	89	57.4	747	41	205	29.5	1,041	39
Licensure status	Licensed and/or certified	44	28.4	605	33.2	193	27.8	842	31.5
Licensure status	Not licensed/unknown	111	71.6	1,216	66.8	502	72.2	1,829	68.5
Primary employment setting (full-time-employed only)	University settings	5	19.2	315	49.2	220	77.5	540	56.8
	Four-year colleges	4	15.4	74	11.6	16	5.6	94	9.9
	Medical school	0	0	23	3.6	19	6.7	42	4.4
	Other academic settings	0	0	23	3.6	3	1.1	26	2.7
	Schools & other educational settings	3	11.5	9	1.4	1	0.4	13	1.4
	Independent practice	4	15.4	59	9.2	5	1.8	68	7.2
	Hospital	1	3.8	19	3	3	1.1	23	2.4
	Clinic	0	0	9	1.4	0	0	9	0.9
	Other human service	1	3.8	19	3	0	0	20	2.1
	Business & industry	3	11.5	9	1.4	0	0	12	1.3
	Government	2	7.7	28	4.4	1	0.4	31	3.3
	Other	3	11.5	50	7.8	15	5.3	68	7.2
	Not specified	0	0	3	0.5	1	0.4	4	0.4
Involvement in work activities (full-time-employed only)	Research	9	34.6	414	64.7	222	78.2	645	67.9
	Education	9	34.6	404	63.1	210	73.9	623	65.6
	Health/mental health services	8	30.8	151	23.6	26	9.2	185	19.5
	Educational services	7	26.9	71	11.1	21	7.4	99	10.4
	Other applied psychology	9	34.6	123	19.2	40	14.1	172	18.1
	Management/administration	9	34.6	254	39.7	125	44	388	40.8
	Other employment activities	9	34.6	103	16.1	38	13.4	150	15.8
	Not specified	3	11.5	110	17.2	46	16.2	159	16.7
Primary work activity (full-time-employed only)	Research	3	11.5	160	25	136	47.9	299	31.5
	Education	5	19.2	194	30.3	61	21.5	260	27.4
	Mental Health Services	4	15.4	90	14.1	6	2.1	100	10.5
	Educational Services	1	3.8	4	0.6	0	0	5	0.5
	Applied Psychology	3	11.5	14	2.2	4	1.4	21	2.2
	Management/administration	4	15.4	58	9.1	30	10.6	92	9.7
	Other activities	2	7.7	6	0.9	1	0.4	9	0.9
	Not specified	4	15.4	114	17.8	46	16.2	164	17.3

Source: 2007 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research.

Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007

	Associate		Member		Fellow		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1. General Psychology	9	5.8	87	4.8	140	20.1	236	8.8
2. Teaching of Psychology	8	5.2	165	9.1	77	11.1	250	9.4
3. Experimental Psychology	0	0	15	0.8	71	10.2	86	3.2
5. Evaluation & Measurement	1	0.6	84	4.6	58	8.3	143	5.4
6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative	1	0.6	6	0.3	19	2.7	26	1
7. Developmental Psychology	2	1.3	60	3.3	84	12.1	146	5.5
8. Personality & Social	155	100	1,821	100	695	100	2,671	100
9. SPSSI	7	4.5	207	11.4	261	37.6	475	17.8
10. Psychology & the Arts	2	1.3	40	2.2	26	3.7	68	2.5
12. Clinical Psychology	0	0	103	5.7	99	14.2	202	7.6
13. Consulting Psychology	4	2.6	52	2.9	27	3.9	83	3.1
14. SIOP	10	6.5	136	7.5	68	9.8	214	8
15. Educational Psychology	12	7.7	80	4.4	50	7.2	142	5.3
16. School Psychology	6	3.9	24	1.3	7	1	37	1.4
17. Counseling Psychology	8	5.2	57	3.1	24	3.5	89	3.3
18. Psychologists in Public Service	2	1.3	26	1.4	9	1.3	37	1.4
19. Society for Military Psychology	0	0	13	0.7	13	1.9	26	1
20. Adult Development & Aging	2	1.3	59	3.2	43	6.2	104	3.9
21. Applied Experimental & Engineering	0	0	9	0.5	8	1.2	17	0.6
22. Rehabilitation Psychology	2	1.3	24	1.3	10	1.4	36	1.3
23. Consumer Psychology	3	1.9	51	2.8	27	3.9	81	3
24. Theoretical & Philosophical	3	1.9	45	2.5	39	5.6	87	3.3
25. Behavior Analysis	4	2.6	11	0.6	12	1.7	27	1
26. History of Psychology	2	1.3	26	1.4	59	8.5	87	3.3
27. Community Psychology	0	0	27	1.5	34	4.9	61	2.3
28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse	3	1.9	28	1.5	13	1.9	44	1.6
29. Psychotherapy	8	5.2	84	4.6	28	4	120	4.5
30. Psychological Hypnosis	5	3.2	24	1.3	12	1.7	41	1.5
31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs	0	0	13	0.7	17	2.4	30	1.1
32. Humanistic Psychology	1	0.6	30	1.6	17	2.4	48	1.8
33. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities	1	0.6	8	0.4	6	0.9	15	0.6
34. Population & Environmental	3	1.9	33	1.8	54	7.8	90	3.4
35. Psychology of Women	2	1.3	116	6.4	86	12.4	204	7.6
36. Psychology of Religion	4	2.6	69	3.8	21	3	94	3.5
37. Child and Family Policy & Practice	2	1.3	26	1.4	15	2.2	43	1.6
38. Health Psychology	1	0.6	139	7.6	98	14.1	238	8.9
39. Psychoanalysis	1	0.6	41	2.3	17	2.4	59	2.2
40. Clinical Neuropsychology	6	3.9	44	2.4	10	1.4	60	2.2
41. Psychology-Law Society	1	0.6	73	4	38	5.5	112	4.2
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice	0	0	90	4.9	18	2.6	108	4
43. Family Psychology	7	4.5	58	3.2	19	2.7	84	3.1
44. Lesbian & Gay Issues	1	0.6	18	1	22	3.2	41	1.5
45. Ethnic Minority Issues	1	0.6	34	1.9	27	3.9	62	2.3
46. Media Psychology	0	0	24	1.3	17	2.4	41	1.5
47. Exercise & Sport Psychology	0	0	32	1.8	10	1.4	42	1.6
48. Peace Psychology	3	1.9	36	2	44	6.3	83	3.1
49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy	4	2.6	38	2.1	16	2.3	58	2.2
50. Addictions	3	1.9	37	2	16	2.3	56	2.1
51. Men & Masculinity	1	0.6	16	0.9	12	1.7	29	1.1
52. International	0	0	35	1.9	74	10.6	109	4.1
53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology	0	0	25	1.4	7	1	32	1.2
54. Pediatric Psychology	2	1.3	13	0.7	8	1.2	23	0.9
55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy	0	0	11	0.6	4	0.6	15	0.6
56. Trauma Psychology	0	0	20	1.1	15	2.2	35	1.3
Number of divisions
One	78	50.3	635	34.9	66	9.5	779	29.2
Two	40	25.8	552	30.3	175	25.2	767	28.7
Three	18	11.6	329	18.1	159	22.9	506	18.9
Four or more	19	12.3	305	16.7	295	42.4	619	23.2
Number belonging to state associations	38	24.5	422	23.2	112	16.1	572	21.4
ABPP Clinical psychology	0	0	14	0.8	23	3.3	37	1.4
Counseling	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	2	0.1
Organizational business consulting psychology	0	0	1	0.1	3	0.4	4	0.1
School	0	0	3	0.2	2	0.3	5	0.2
Clinical neuropsychology	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0
Forensic	0	0	1	0.1	3	0.4	4	0.1
Family psychology	0	0	2	0.1	1	0.1	3	0.1
Clinical health	0	0	2	0.1	0	0	2	0.1
Psychoanalysis	0	0	1	0.1	3	0.4	4	0.1
ABPH Clinical hypnosis	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0
Total	155	100	1,821	100	695	100	2,671	100

Source: 2007 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research.

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Division 8: 2007

Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007

Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007

Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 8 Members, 2007

Table 1: Employment Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007

Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 8 Members, 2007