ABSTRACT

Objectives

Workforce diversity is an ongoing challenge in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology. This article discusses individual, institutional, and nonspecific factors that contribute to a lack of diversity among clinical child and adolescent psychologists and offers suggestions to diversify and advance the field of clinical child and adolescent mental health.

Method

Seventeen professors, licensed psychologists, faculty, and clinicians in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology answered questions about workforce diversity and who is permitted access to the field. No formal research was conducted.

Results

Individual factors included: racial discrimination and microaggressions, feelings of isolation, otherness, and not belonging. Institutional factors included: racism in academia, racial underrepresentation, ethnocentric and culturally-biased training, biased admissions selection processes, financial barriers, and lack of institutional commitment. Nonspecific factors were: values misalignment, hidden expectations, suboptimal mentoring, and limited research opportunities.

Conclusions

Drawing on recent scholarship and the Contexts, Actions, and Outcomes (CAO) Model, we recommend institutional changes in programs, policies, practices, resources, climate, partnerships, and inquiry to improve diversity in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology.

中文翻译：

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临床儿童和青少年心理学多样化：变革即将到来

摘要

目标

劳动力多样性是临床儿童和青少年心理学领域持续面临的挑战。本文讨论了导致临床儿童和青少年心理学家缺乏多样性的个人、机构和非特定因素，并为临床儿童和青少年心理健康领域的多样化和发展提供了建议。

方法

临床儿童和青少年心理学领域的 17 名教授、执业心理学家、教师和临床医生回答了有关劳动力多样性以及谁可以进入该领域的问题。没有进行正式研究。

结果

个人因素包括：种族歧视和微侵犯、孤立感、差异感和不归属感。制度因素包括：学术界的种族主义、种族代表性不足、民族中心主义和文化偏见的培训、有偏见的招生选拔过程、财务障碍和缺乏制度承诺。非具体因素包括：价值观不一致、隐藏的期望、次优指导和有限的研究机会。

结论

借鉴最近的学术成果和背景、行动和结果（CAO）模型，我们建议在计划、政策、实践、资源、气候、伙伴关系和探究方面进行制度变革，以提高临床儿童和青少年心理学领域的多样性。