Which Setting Is Healthier and Happier, Academe or Private Practice?

We surveyed a stratified sample of 124 psychologists, half of them in private clinical practice, half in academic positions. The private practitioners, in contrast to academicians, indicated (a) substantially lower indices of job-related stresses (regarding salary, paperwork/committees, secretarial...

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Published in:Professional psychology, research and practice research and practice, 1987-10, Vol.18 (5), p.526-529
Main Authors: Boice, Robert, Myers, Patricia E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Psychologists
College Teachers
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Illness and personality
Job Satisfaction
Occupational Stress
Psychologists
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:We surveyed a stratified sample of 124 psychologists, half of them in private clinical practice, half in academic positions. The private practitioners, in contrast to academicians, indicated (a) substantially lower indices of job-related stresses (regarding salary, paperwork/committees, secretarial help, lack of professional recognition, colleagues' misbehaviors), (b) lower indices of health-related concerns (e.g., sadness, negativism/cynicism toward job, insomnia), and (c) lower indices of mental health problems (e.g., thoroughness in work beyond point of effectiveness). We conclude that academe may be less idyllic as a worksite than traditionally supposed.
ISSN:0735-7028
1939-1323
DOI:10.1037/0735-7028.18.5.526