Psychologists’ concerns about AI by frequency of AI usage, 2025

Key findings outlined in the graph:

Health Services Psychologists: overwhelmingly focused on professional services (89%), with small amounts of research (6%), other activities (4%), and management (1%).

Research/Applied Psychologists: split mainly between professional services (57%) and research (34%), with smaller shares in management (5%), other activities (3%), and teaching (1%).

Professors (all fields): primarily engaged in teaching (61%), followed by research (29%), management (7%), and professional services (2%). 

Social Workers and Counselors: mostly perform professional services (73%), with management (12%), other activities (8%), and teaching (7%).

All Other Occupations: more evenly distributed across management (32%), research (26%), professional services (18%), teaching (16%), and other activities (7%).

Across all occupations combined: professional services dominate (50%), followed by research (18%), teaching (14%), management (13%), and other activities (5%).