Publication Date
08 March 2021

Original Abstract

Sexuality education positively impacts health service psychologists’ ability to address sexuality, a vital component of overall health and well-being. There is little information about the integration of sexuality into the applied, fieldwork components of psychologists’ training. We surveyed 139 representatives of APA-accredited doctoral internship programs to assess sexuality content during internship training. Participants completed a survey assessing content integration of 12 domains specific to human sexuality. The most endorsed training related to sexual orientation and gender identity; sexual behavior, sexual ethics, and sex therapy were infrequent in the internship training curriculum. Implications for research, practice, training, supervision, and advocacy are discussed.

Reference
Abbott, D. M., Mollen, D., Anaya, E.J., Burnes, T.R., Jones, M.M. & Rukus, V.A. (2021). Providing Sexuality Training for Psychologists: The Role of Predoctoral Internship Sites. American Journal of Sexuality Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2021.1892555

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