The need for empirically supported psychology training standards

Title
The need for empirically supported psychology training standards
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Malouff, John M
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
PsychOz Publications
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:10348
Abstract
The scientific method makes many important contributions to society. It is on this basis that psychology training standards require universities to teach empirically supported psychotherapy methods to students. A logical extension of this premise is to apply the scientific method to the standards themselves. This article describes the need for empirically supported psychology training standards supported by well-designed studies which can demonstrate that individuals who receive training based on specific standards are more effective in their subsequent work than individuals who do not receive the training. Relevant studies published so far do not support the efficacy of current psychology standards. Future studies could use a variety of research designs to evaluate specific training standards. The conclusions of this study extend to training standards in the fields of psychotherapy and counselling.
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Citation
Psychotherapy in Australia, 18(3), p. 28-32
ISSN
1323-0921
Start page
28
End page
32

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