Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Trainees: How Students Perceive Internships

The authors examined applicants' perceptions of internship site types by specialty affiliation (clinical and counseling psychology). Multidimensional scaling analyses suggest that clinical psychology students focus their attention on internship site prestige, future job opportunities, opportuni...

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Published in:Training and education in professional psychology 2007-08, Vol.1 (3), p.163-173
Main Authors: Shivy, Victoria A, Mazzeo, Suzanne E, Sullivan, Terri N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology Internship
Counseling Psychology
Female
Graduate Psychology Education
Human
Internship Programs
Male
Student Attitudes
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Summary:The authors examined applicants' perceptions of internship site types by specialty affiliation (clinical and counseling psychology). Multidimensional scaling analyses suggest that clinical psychology students focus their attention on internship site prestige, future job opportunities, opportunities for research, degree of client psychopathology and physical illness, and their overall comfort in working with the client population associated with the site type. Counseling students focus on fewer attributes, including site prestige, quality of supervision, degree of client physical illness, and comfort in working with the client population. Specialty affiliation also accounted for systematic differences in internship site preferences. Results are discussed with regard to internship supply-and-demand issues, and implications are offered for student applicants, academic training directors, and internship training directors.
ISSN:1931-3918
1931-3926
DOI:10.1037/1931-3918.1.3.163