The Professional Identity of Contributors to the Journal of Counseling & Development: Does It Matter?
โ Scribed by Stephen G. Weinrach; Kenneth R. Thomas; Fong Chan
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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โฆ Synopsis
R. K. Goodyear (2000) criticized the methodology and results of a study which demonstrated that during the editorial terms of Goodyear (1984โ1990) and Claiborn (1990โ1993) there was a trend toward publishing articles written by psychologists as opposed to counselors in the Journal of Counseling & Development (JCD). The issue of journal content goes to the heart of professional identity. The authors assert that professional affiliation of contributors matters less than the content of the articles published in JCD (i.e., articles must โspeakโ the language of counselors and not the language of some other mental health professional).
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