Publication patterns of articles in the __Journal of Counseling & Development__ from 1994 to 2009 were reviewed. Trends over time were analyzed in article content (e.g., type, content topic) and author demographic characteristics (i.e., gender, nation of domicile, and employment setting). Of particu
Adultspan Publication Patterns: Author and Article Characteristics From 1999 to 2009
β Scribed by Bradley T. Erford; Kelly H. Clark; Breann M. Erford
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1524-6817
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β¦ Synopsis
Publication patterns of articles in Adultspan from 1999 to 2009 were reviewed. Author characteristics and article content were analyzed to determine trends over time. Research articles were analyzed specifically for type of research design, classification, sampling method, types of participants, sample size, types of statistics used, and statistical sophistication.
Research regarding adult development is a critically important area of the extant counseling literature. Adult development literature informs counseling practice with diverse clientele and allows discourse on essential theoretical and professional issues. Adultspan is the official journal of the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA), a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA), and was first published in 1999. No issues of Adultspan were published from 2002 to 2004, but publication resumed in 2005 and continues to the present time. Past editors of
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