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Predictors of graduate student attitudes toward prescription privileges for psychologists.

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The issue of gaining prescription privileges and its potential impact on the field of clinical psychology has special relevance for graduate students. This study was designed to investigate clinical graduate students attitudes toward prescription ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002Jul in Journal: J Clin Psychol (Language : eng)

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1. J Clin Psychol. 2002 Jul;58(7):783-92

Predictors of graduate student attitudes toward prescription privileges for psychologists.

Luscher KA, Corbin WR, Bernat JA, Calhoun KS, McNair LD

University of Georgia, USA.

The issue of gaining prescription privileges and its potential impact on the field of clinical psychology has special relevance for graduate students. This study was designed to investigate clinical graduate students' attitudes toward prescription authority, identify salient variables that contribute to these attitudes, and ascertain preferred models of training. Only 42.5% of respondents personally desired to obtain prescription privilege, although 61.8% of respondents favored efforts of the American Psychological Association to acquire prescription authority. Proponents and opponents were compared on their ratings of positive and negative aspects of the debate. There was strong agreement that the training should not be predoctoral and that it should lead to board certification. The strongest predictors of graduate students' attitudes were concerns about fundamental change to the field, malpractice premiums, and whether they considered it a logical extension of the field. This study provides a framework for understanding important factors influencing the decision-making process among clinical psychology graduate students.

PMID : 12205718 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Kristen A	Luscher	KA
William R	Corbin	WR
Jeffrey A	Bernat	JA
Karen S	Calhoun	KS
Lily D	McNair	LD

Affiliation: University of Georgia, USA.

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