Training for professional psychology: Science, practice, and identity.

Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD

“…A human science has been described and advocated throughout my professional lifetime (Dana, 1966(Dana, , 1982(Dana, , 1987(Dana, , 2005b(Dana, , 2006a. Contemporary harbingers of this new science include the primacy of human judgment in professional practice, ethnic minority research adaptations of assessment instruments, and counseling/psychotherapy methods, as well as a positive psychology embracing human potential, strength, and resilience.…”

Redefining the science-practice relationship and professional training.

“…Among the reasons for considering these paradigms are the fact that they give primacy to experience and meanings and treat the human subject with respect. Training in the related modes of inquiry entails the development of attitudes and values congruent with professional practice (Dana, 1987;Rogers, 1985). The similarities between participant modes of field inquiry and the clinical methods used by practitioners (K. K. Smith & Berg, 1985), for instance, may help reduce the disjuncture perceived by those who feel any conflict between their role as researcher and practitioner.…”

“…This division in ways of knowing promotes a dissociation of science and practice, rather than fostering an integration between the scientific and practicing functions of the professional. Some critics feel that the academy has socialized students into a research culture based on this dominant model of knowledge, and only in a limited way has it nurtured the attitudes, values, and skills of professional practice (Dana, 1987;Peterson, 1985). As in other fields, it is observed that many practitioners who are trained in the prevalent mode tend to confine themselves to a narrow technical practice or to a limited class of problems, developing formal models that are divergent from the complex and uncertain contexts of actual practice (Schon, 1983).…”

Attitudes toward traditional and nontraditional dissertation research: Survey of directors of clinical training.

“…In turn, this may seriously drain talent from our Boulder Model schools and, in addition, further fragment our discipline. That this potential exists was suggested by Dana (1987). He argued that the values of current PhD students do not match those of their scientifically inclined mentors, students being more invested in practical clinical matters.…”