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Feminization of Psychology

By: Kathryn Richard & Samantha R. Strife
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:counseling; counseling psychology; demographics; feminization of psychology; prestige; psychology; women

An increasing number of women are joining the field of psychology. According to the National Science Foundation, the percentage of women receiving psychology doctoral degrees increased from approximately 15% in 1950 to 55% in 1988. In 2002, an American Psychological Association ...

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  Richard, K., & Strife, S. (2008). Feminization of psychology. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 212-213). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n69
  
  Richard, Kathryn, and Samantha R. Strife. "Feminization of Psychology." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 212-13. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n69.
  
  Richard, K. and Strife, S. 2008. Feminization of Psychology. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 212-213 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n69> [Accessed 18 May 2021].
  
  Richard, Kathryn and Samantha R. Strife. "Feminization of Psychology." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 212-13. SAGE Knowledge. 18 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n69.
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