Selecting marriage and family therapy program applicants: One approach

Admissions criteria as predictors of performance in a family therapy doctoral program

“…Unfortunately, few studies have investigated the admissions criteria used in family therapy training centers and their relative ability to predict future academic and clinical performance. The results of the handful of existing studies are inconclusive and raise questions about the validity of many widely used criteria (Allred & Briggs, 1988;Anderson, 1992;Brock et al, 1988 admissions criteria, few (e.g., Anderson, 1992) examine the relationship of admissions criteria to student performance within the program, and none examine the degree to which admissions criteria actually predict behavior after graduation.…”