ATTITUDES OF ACADEMIC CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS TOWARD PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES.

A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 163 CLINICAL ACADEMIC FACULTY CONCERNING THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES (PTS). 86% RETURNED THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE FOLLOWING RESULTS ARE SUGGESTED: PTS ARE SEEN BY MANY AS DECLINING IN IMPORTANCE AND NOT SUPPORTED BY RESEARCH. HOWEVER, MANY RESPONDENTS SUPPORT CONSIDERABLE DEPARTMENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE TEACHING OF PTS, BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN COURSE WORK, AND THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PRACTICING CLINICIAN. YOUNGER CLINICAL FACULTY, AND POSSIBLY THOSE RECEIVING THEIR PHD IN THE WESTERN REGION, APPEAR TO HAVE MORE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD PTS THAN THEIR COLLEAGUES. APPARENT INCONSISTENCIES IN THE RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED AND THE FINDINGS ARE COMPARED WITH THOSE OF A RELATED SURVEY. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)