Because clinical psychology has been a rapidly growing and changing specialty within psychology, it is worthwhile periodically to survey existing trends. Previous surveys have provided important information concerning the practices, attitudes, and orientations of clinical psychologists which has been of value in appraising developments in this area (Kelly, 1961;Kelly & Goldberg, 1959;Shaffer, 1953). Of particular value was Kelly's (19,61) survey, which clearly reflected the shift in emphasis from diagnostic testing to psychotherapy during the 1950s and indicated the popularity of psychoanalytic and related theories among clinical psychologists. Because many significant changes have taken place since that time, it seemed desirable to conduct another survey at the present time. 1 The Present StudyA five-page questionnaire was developed to ascertain information concerning the current activities and views of a sample of clinical psychologists. Although there were many areas of potential interest, in order to keep the questionnaire brief and to insure an adequate response, some selection of items had to be made. However, some items used in previous surveys were included in order to provide some basis for comparison over time.

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Two comparable samples of college men and women from 1966 and 1996 were compared using the Kurtz Body Attitude Scale (BAS; R. M. Kurtz, 1966). As predicted, women in 1996 reported a significantly more negative body attitude than women in 1966 did. No significant differences in the 2 samples of men were found. With the 1996 sample, the relationship between body attitude and self-esteem was also examined using Marsh's Self-Description Questionnaire-III (SDQ-III; H. W. Marsh & R. O'Neill, 1984). There was a significant relationship between body attitude and general self-esteem, and there were also complex gender differences in the relationships of various SDQ-III facets to body attitudes.

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