Short-changing the future: The systemic gap between psychology internship stipends and living wages.

IF 1.8 2区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
Caitlyn O Hood, Melissa R Schick, Shannon E Cusack, Margaret C Fahey, Sarah T Giff, Erin T Guty, Natalie Hellman, Lauren M Henry, Kent Hinkson, Erin E Long, Kelsey McCoy, Kelly O'Connor, Adaixa Padron Wilborn, Aaron Reuben, Enoch T Sackey, Emily L Tilstra-Ferrell, Kyle J Walters, Sara M Witcraft
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Abstract

Introduction: Providing doctoral internship stipends below living wages may harm interns, the clinical services they provide, and the field of health service psychology as a whole. This study evaluated the extent to which doctoral psychology internship stipends from the 2021-2022 training year for APA-accredited, APPIC-member programs in the US are consistent with living wages in the geographic region where sites are located.

Methods: We obtained data reflecting internship sites' geographic location and stipends for the 2021-2022 academic year. Using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Living Wage Calculator, we computed a living wage for the county in which each internship site is located. Descriptive statistics, discrepancies, ratios, and correlations were calculated to reflect the associations between internship sites' stipends and their local living wages.

Results: The average internship stipend was $31,783, which was lower than the average living wage by $2,091. Stipends ranged widely, from a low of $15,000 to a high of $94,595-reflecting a six-fold difference in wages. Although internship sites in higher cost of living areas paid higher stipends, over two-thirds (67.0%) of sites did not pay a stipend that equaled or exceeded a living wage. Ninety-eight sites (15.3%) had deficits of over $10,000 when comparing their stipends to local living wages, with $33,240 as the highest deficit.

Discussion: Eliminating obstacles to educating health service psychologists by decreasing the financial burden of training will likely have subsequent critical benefits towards bridging the workforce gap between mental healthcare service needs and available providers, ultimately leading to improved population health.

改变未来:心理学实习津贴和生活工资之间的系统性差距。
导言:提供低于生活工资的博士实习津贴可能会损害实习生、他们所提供的临床服务以及整个健康服务心理学领域。本研究评估了美国经美国心理学会(APA)认证的 APPIC 成员项目 2021-2022 培训年度的心理学博士实习津贴在多大程度上符合实习点所在地区的生活工资水平:我们获得了反映实习点地理位置和 2021-2022 学年津贴的数据。利用麻省理工学院生活工资计算器,我们计算出了每个实习点所在县的生活工资。我们计算了描述性统计、差异、比率和相关性,以反映实习点津贴与当地生活工资之间的关联:结果:平均实习津贴为 31 783 美元,比平均生活工资低 2 091 美元。津贴数额相差悬殊,最低为 15,000 美元,最高为 94,595 美元,反映了六倍的工资差异。虽然生活费用较高地区的实习点支付的津贴较高,但超过三分之二(67.0%)的实习点支付的津贴没有达到或超过生活工资。98 个实习点(15.3%)的津贴与当地生活工资相比,亏损超过 10,000 美元,其中亏损最高的为 33,240 美元:讨论:通过减轻培训的经济负担来消除保健服务心理学家的教育障碍,很可能会对弥合心理保健服务需求与可用提供者之间的劳动力差距产生重要的后续效益,最终改善人口健康。
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期刊介绍: The Association of Postdoctoral and Internship Centers and the American Psychological Association have joined together to publish Training and Education in Professional Psychology, which serves as the primary source for gathering the most important information that contributes to and advances professional psychology education and training. The journal is written for psychologists and other mental health professionals who educate, supervise, and train mental health practitioners during their academic programs as well as during their participation at practicum, internship, and postdoctoral settings.
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