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2008 Membership Statistics for Division 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 4: Employment Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008

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Table 1
Demographic Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008

      Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
N= 190 100.0 1,905 100.0 697 100.0 2,792 100.0
Gender Men 98 51.6 1,102 57.8 517 74.2 1,717 61.5
Women 91 47.9 803 42.2 180 25.8 1,074 38.5
Not specified 1 .5 0 .0 0 .0 1 .0
Race/ethnicity American Indian 0 .0 10 .5 0 .0 10 .4
Asian 14 7.4 91 4.8 10 1.4 115 4.1
Hispanic 5 2.6 33 1.7 4 .6 42 1.5
Black 9 4.7 37 1.9 10 1.4 56 2.0
White 95 50.0 1,397 73.3 650 93.3 2,142 76.7
Multiracial/multi-ethnic 0 .0 9 .5 1 .1 10 .4
Not specified 67 35.3 328 17.2 22 3.2 417 14.9
Age Under 30 8 4.2 7 .4 0 .0 15 .5
30 - 34 11 5.8 62 3.3 0 .0 73 2.6
35 - 39 10 5.3 136 7.1 2 .3 148 5.3
40 - 44 21 11.1 190 10.0 11 1.6 222 8.0
45 - 49 21 11.1 187 9.8 27 3.9 235 8.4
50 - 54 20 10.5 198 10.4 40 5.7 258 9.2
55 - 59 17 8.9 268 14.1 110 15.8 395 14.1
60 - 64 25 13.2 247 13.0 117 16.8 389 13.9
65 - 69 11 5.8 150 7.9 84 12.1 245 8.8
70 or older 34 17.9 324 17.0 283 40.6 641 23.0
Not specified 12 6.3 136 7.1 23 3.3 171 6.1
Mean 55.0   57.1   68.0   59.8  
SD 15.7   14.7   12.8   15.1  
Region New England 16 8.4 140 7.3 68 9.8 224 8.0
Middle Atlantic 37 19.5 347 18.2 140 20.1 524 18.8
East North Central 20 10.5 258 13.5 96 13.8 374 13.4
West North Central 12 6.3 113 5.9 37 5.3 162 5.8
South Atlantic 24 12.6 279 14.6 104 14.9 407 14.6
East South Central 6 3.2 54 2.8 9 1.3 69 2.5
West South Central 10 5.3 104 5.5 25 3.6 139 5.0
Mountain 6 3.2 90 4.7 36 5.2 132 4.7
Pacific 33 17.4 308 16.2 134 19.2 475 17.0
Other US (eg, Puerto Rico) 0 .0 4 .2 0 .0 4 .1
Canada 3 1.6 85 4.5 20 2.9 108 3.9
Other 23 12.1 123 6.5 28 4.0 174 6.2

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 2
Educational Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008

      Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
N= 190 100.0 1,905 100.0 697 100.0 2,792 100.0
Highest degree Ph.D. 34 17.9 1,703 89.4 684 98.1 2,421 86.7
Ed.D. 6 3.2 41 2.2 7 1.0 54 1.9
Psy.D. 1 .5 75 3.9 0 .0 76 2.7
M.D. 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .0
Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified 3 1.6 54 2.8 6 .9 63 2.3
Masters 134 70.5 22 1.2 0 .0 156 5.6
Baccalaureate/Associate 1 .5 2 .1 0 .0 3 .1
Not specified 11 5.8 7 .4 0 .0 18 .6
Years since degree Less than 5 29 15.3 99 5.2 0 .0 128 4.6
5 - 9 22 11.6 214 11.2 1 .1 237 8.5
10 - 14 28 14.7 291 15.3 9 1.3 328 11.7
15 - 19 23 12.1 239 12.5 25 3.6 287 10.3
20 – 24 17 8.9 195 10.2 39 5.6 251 9.0
25 or more 61 32.1 808 42.4 618 88.7 1,487 53.3
Not specified 10 5.3 59 3.1 5 .7 74 2.7
Mean 21.2   24.0   39.5   27.7  
SD 16.2   14.7   12.8   15.9  

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 3
Current Major Field of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008

      Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
Health service provider subfields Child clinical 1 .5 12 .6 0 .0 13 .5
Clinical 34 17.9 437 22.9 106 15.2 577 20.7
Clinical neuropsychology 0 .0 3 .2 1 .1 4 .1
Counseling psychology 9 4.7 100 5.2 16 2.3 125 4.5
Family 0 .0 2 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Forensic 2 1.1 8 .4 0 .0 10 .4
Geropsychology 1 .5 5 .3 3 .4 9 .3
Health 2 1.1 38 2.0 25 3.6 65 2.3
School 7 3.7 19 1.0 2 .3 28 1.0
Sport psychology 0 .0 2 .1 2 .3 4 .1
Subtotal 56 29.5 626 32.9 155 22.2 837 30.0
Research and other subfields Cognitive 1 .5 10 .5 5 .7 16 .6
Community 3 1.6 8 .4 6 .9 17 .6
Comparative 0 .0 0 .0 1 .1 1 .0
Developmental 6 3.2 56 2.9 35 5.0 97 3.5
Educational 4 2.1 41 2.2 10 1.4 55 2.0
Environmental 0 .0 3 .2 11 1.6 14 .5
Experimental 1 .5 21 1.1 3 .4 25 .9
General/Methods & Systems 5 2.6 12 .6 11 1.6 28 1.0
Industrial/Organizational 19 10.0 119 6.2 34 4.9 172 6.2
Neurosciences 0 .0 2 .1 3 .4 5 .2
Personality 5 2.6 92 4.8 57 8.2 154 5.5
Physiological/Psychobiology 0 .0 1 .1 2 .3 3 .1
Psychopharmacology 0 .0 3 .2 0 .0 3 .1
Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats 1 .5 28 1.5 10 1.4 39 1.4
Social 23 12.1 550 28.9 295 42.3 868 31.1
Subtotal 68 35.8 946 49.7 483 69.3 1,497 53.6
Other fields Anthropology 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .0
Behavioral Medicine 0 .0 5 .3 2 .3 7 .3
Business or Management 2 1.1 18 .9 5 .7 25 .9
Cognitive science 1 .5 1 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Communications/Journalism 0 .0 11 .6 1 .1 12 .4
Computer Science 1 .5 1 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Counseling 1 .5 3 .2 0 .0 4 .1
Counselor Education 0 .0 2 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Criminology/Criminal Justice 3 1.6 3 .2 2 .3 8 .3
Economics 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .0
Education, Teaching 2 1.1 10 .5 2 .3 14 .5
Engineering 0 .0 1 .1 0 .0 1 .0
Epidemiology 0 .0 1 .1 1 .1 2 .1
Genetics 2 1.1 0 .0 0 .0 2 .1
Law 0 .0 4 .2 0 .0 4 .1
Medicine 0 .0 3 .2 0 .0 3 .1
Nursing 0 .0 3 .2 1 .1 4 .1
Organizational Behavior 0 .0 15 .8 8 1.1 23 .8
Political Science 0 .0 2 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Psychiatry 0 .0 2 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Public Admin 1 .5 1 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Public Health 0 .0 5 .3 1 .1 6 .2
Rehabilitation 0 .0 3 .2 0 .0 3 .1
Social/Behavioral Sciences 2 1.1 8 .4 1 .1 11 .4
Social Work 3 1.6 3 .2 1 .1 7 .3
Sociology 0 .0 3 .2 0 .0 3 .1
Special Education 1 .5 2 .1 0 .0 3 .1
Statistics 0 .0 0 .0 1 .1 1 .0
Theology/Religion 0 .0 1 .1 1 .1 2 .1
Other 6 3.2 44 2.3 24 3.4 74 2.7
Subtotal 25 13.2 157 8.2 51 7.3 233 8.3
Not specified Not specified 41 21.6 176 9.2 8 1.1 225 8.1
Science designation General science 27 14.2 185 9.7 72 10.3 284 10.2
Core science 52 27.4 853 44.8 454 65.1 1,359 48.7
Neither 70 36.8 691 36.3 163 23.4 924 33.1
Total 190 100.0 1,905 100.0 697 100.0 2,792 100.0

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. 

Table 4
Employment Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008

      Associate Member Fellow Total
  N % N % N % N %
  N= 190 100.0 1,905 100.0 697 100.0 2,792 100.0
Employment status Employed full time 27 14.2 568 29.8 276 39.6 871 31.2
Employed part time 13 6.8 76 4.0 29 4.2 118 4.2
Postdoctoral study 0 .0 4 .2 0 .0 4 .1
Unemployed, seeking employment 1 .5 3 .2 1 .1 5 .2
Unemployed, not seeking 2 1.1 6 .3 0 .0 8 .3
Retired 6 3.2 80 4.2 81 11.6 167 6.0
Not specified 141 74.2 1,168 61.3 310 44.5 1,619 58.0
Licensure status Licensed as a psychologist 47 24.7 614 32.2 196 28.1 857 30.7
Not licensed/unknown 143 75.3 1,291 67.8 501 71.9 1,935 69.3
Primary work setting (full-time-employed only) University settings 4 14.8 277 48.8 214 77.5 495 56.8
Four-year colleges 3 11.1 59 10.4 14 5.1 76 8.7
Medical school 0 .0 17 3.0 16 5.8 33 3.8
Other academic settings 0 .0 23 4.0 4 1.4 27 3.1
Schools & other educational settings 2 7.4 9 1.6 1 .4 12 1.4
Independent practice 3 11.1 56 9.9 2 .7 61 7.0
Hospital 1 3.7 18 3.2 3 1.1 22 2.5
Clinic 2 7.4 11 1.9 0 .0 13 1.5
Other human service 1 3.7 17 3.0 0 .0 18 2.1
Business & industry 3 11.1 5 .9 0 .0 8 .9
Government 2 7.4 25 4.4 2 .7 29 3.3
Other 6 22.2 47 8.3 18 6.5 71 8.2
Not specified 0 .0 4 .7 2 .7 6 .7
Involvement in work activities (full-time-employed only) Research 11 40.7 424 74.6 246 89.1 681 78.2
Education 10 37.0 413 72.7 232 84.1 655 75.2
Health/mental health services 12 44.4 158 27.8 27 9.8 197 22.6
Educational services 8 29.6 79 13.9 25 9.1 112 12.9
Other applied psychology 11 40.7 132 23.2 46 16.7 189 21.7
Management/administration 10 37.0 266 46.8 136 49.3 412 47.3
Other employment activities 10 37.0 111 19.5 42 15.2 163 18.7
Not specified 0 .0 19 3.3 13 4.7 32 3.7
  Primary work activity (full-time-employed only) Research 2 7.4 167 29.4 151 54.7 320 36.7
Education 5 18.5 198 34.9 66 23.9 269 30.9
Mental Health Services 8 29.6 95 16.7 6 2.2 109 12.5
Educational Services 1 3.7 4 .7 0 .0 5 .6
Applied Psychology 3 11.1 15 2.6 6 2.2 24 2.8
Management/administration 5 18.5 58 10.2 32 11.6 95 10.9
Other activities 2 7.4 7 1.2 1 .4 10 1.1
Not specified 1 3.7 24 4.2 14 5.1 39 4.5

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies. 

Table 5
Membership Characteristics of Division 8 Members by Membership Status, 2008

    Associate Member Fellow Total
N % N % N % N %
1. General Psychology 18 9.5 93 4.9 145 20.8 256 9.2
2. Teaching of Psychology 8 4.2 163 8.6 75 10.8 246 8.8
3. Experimental Psychology 1 .5 15 .8 72 10.3 88 3.2
5. Evaluation & Measurement 2 1.1 86 4.5 58 8.3 146 5.2
6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative 1 .5 7 .4 19 2.7 27 1.0
7. Developmental Psychology 3 1.6 57 3.0 80 11.5 140 5.0
8. Personality & Social 190 100.0 1,905 100.0 697 100.0 2,792 100.0
9. SPSSI 8 4.2 208 10.9 261 37.4 477 17.1
10. Psychology & the Arts 3 1.6 38 2.0 25 3.6 66 2.4
12. Clinical Psychology 0 .0 101 5.3 99 14.2 200 7.2
13. Consulting Psychology 5 2.6 49 2.6 27 3.9 81 2.9
14. SIOP 10 5.3 138 7.2 70 10.0 218 7.8
15. Educational Psychology 12 6.3 80 4.2 55 7.9 147 5.3
16. School Psychology 6 3.2 22 1.2 7 1.0 35 1.3
17. Counseling Psychology 8 4.2 57 3.0 24 3.4 89 3.2
18. Psychologists in Public Service 2 1.1 27 1.4 9 1.3 38 1.4
19. Society for Military Psychology 1 .5 15 .8 14 2.0 30 1.1
20. Adult Development & Aging 1 .5 57 3.0 40 5.7 98 3.5
21. Applied Experimental & Engineering 0 .0 10 .5 9 1.3 19 .7
22. Rehabilitation Psychology 2 1.1 21 1.1 10 1.4 33 1.2
23. Consumer Psychology 3 1.6 50 2.6 26 3.7 79 2.8
24. Theoretical & Philosophical 4 2.1 48 2.5 38 5.5 90 3.2
25. Behavior Analysis 13 6.8 18 .9 12 1.7 43 1.5
26. History of Psychology 3 1.6 28 1.5 56 8.0 87 3.1
27. Community Psychology 0 .0 26 1.4 38 5.5 64 2.3
28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse 3 1.6 24 1.3 12 1.7 39 1.4
29. Psychotherapy 8 4.2 80 4.2 28 4.0 116 4.2
30. Psychological Hypnosis 4 2.1 24 1.3 12 1.7 40 1.4
31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs 0 .0 12 .6 17 2.4 29 1.0
32. Humanistic Psychology 1 .5 32 1.7 18 2.6 51 1.8
33. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 1 .5 8 .4 6 .9 15 .5
34. Population & Environmental 7 3.7 34 1.8 55 7.9 96 3.4
35. Psychology of Women 4 2.1 117 6.1 86 12.3 207 7.4
36. Psychology of Religion 5 2.6 70 3.7 22 3.2 97 3.5
37. Child and Family Policy & Practice 8 4.2 19 1.0 16 2.3 43 1.5
38. Health Psychology 1 .5 146 7.7 103 14.8 250 9.0
39. Psychoanalysis 1 .5 43 2.3 16 2.3 60 2.1
40. Clinical Neuropsychology 8 4.2 48 2.5 11 1.6 67 2.4
41. Psychology-Law Society 1 .5 75 3.9 39 5.6 115 4.1
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice 0 .0 83 4.4 19 2.7 102 3.7
43. Family Psychology 17 8.9 63 3.3 21 3.0 101 3.6
44. Lesbian & Gay Issues 0 .0 18 .9 21 3.0 39 1.4
45. Ethnic Minority Issues 3 1.6 32 1.7 27 3.9 62 2.2
46. Media Psychology 1 .5 24 1.3 17 2.4 42 1.5
47. Exercise & Sport Psychology 0 .0 30 1.6 10 1.4 40 1.4
48. Peace Psychology 3 1.6 35 1.8 42 6.0 80 2.9
49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy 4 2.1 36 1.9 16 2.3 56 2.0
50. Addictions 4 2.1 38 2.0 16 2.3 58 2.1
51. Men & Masculinity 2 1.1 17 .9 12 1.7 31 1.1
52. International 1 .5 35 1.8 74 10.6 110 3.9
53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 0 .0 24 1.3 7 1.0 31 1.1
54. Pediatric Psychology 6 3.2 17 .9 8 1.1 31 1.1
55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy 0 .0 12 .6 4 .6 16 .6
56. Trauma Psychology 1 .5 19 1.0 19 2.7 39 1.4
Number of divisions                
One 92 48.4 691 36.3 63 9.0 846 30.3
Two 49 25.8 577 30.3 176 25.3 802 28.7
Three 22 11.6 331 17.4 156 22.4 509 18.2
Four or more 27 14.2 306 16.1 302 43.3 635 22.7
Number belonging to state associations 38 20.0 417 21.9 111 15.9 566 20.3
ABPP Clinical psychology 0 .0 13 .7 23 3.3 36 1.3
Counseling 0 .0 1 .1 1 .1 2 .1
Organizational business consulting psychology 0 .0 1 .1 3 .4 4 .1
School 0 .0 3 .2 2 .3 5 .2
Clinical neuropsychology 0 .0 0 .0 1 .1 1 .0
Forensic 0 .0 1 .1 3 .4 4 .1
Family psychology 0 .0 2 .1 1 .1 3 .1
Clinical health 0 .0 2 .1 0 .0 2 .1
Psychoanalysis 0 .0 1 .1 3 .4 4 .1
ABPH Clinical hypnosis 0 .0 0 .0 1 .1 1 .0
Paid the Practice Assessment 13 6.8 320 16.8 37 5.3 370 13.3
Total 190 100.0 1,905 100.0 697 100.0 2,792 100.0

Source: 2008 APA Directory.  Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.



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