Page 10 - Spring 2016 Newsletter

The Students Have Spoken

Duncan Simpson, PhD, CC-AASP, Barry University

Stacy L Gnacinski, MS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Phillip Post, PhD, CC-AASP, New Mexico State University

Perceived Membership Beneits (Value)

Questions related to perceived beneits of

membership were scored on a 5-point Likert scale

ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree.

The following percentages were calculated

by combining frequencies of strongly agree

and agree responses. When asked about the

perceived beneits of membership, the majority

of the students perceived AASP membership
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(75.9%) and conference attendance (73.1%)

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as important. Despite this, only 42.1% believed

membership provided value for the cost, and even

fewer (36.6%) perceived the conference fee was

AASP student membership has risen dramatically, from N = 478 in 2007 to N = 935 in 2015, a value for their money.

and its percentage of contribution to total membership has remained relatively stable

year-to-year, at approximately 40%. Given that student members are a vital and substantial AASP Student-Centered Programming (Needs)

part of our Organization, the Student Development Committee (SDC) sought to assess the Questions related to perceived programming

professional development needs of AASP student members. Therefore, between 2014- needs were again scored on a 5-point Likert

2015, one of the committee’s goals was to assess student members’ perceived value, scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly

needs, and interest of AASP membership. To meet this goal, an anonymous online survey disagree. Students were speciically asked

was developed by the SDC in collaboration with the E-board, which was distributed to
whether AASP should provide more programming
all current AASP student members (at the time of the survey). The E-board, the SDC, and
for students regarding consulting, research, and

Student Delegate initiatives (e.g., PEM, MMP) are currently using the results of this survey teaching. A majority of students, approximately

to inform development opportunities for student members (e.g., conference workshops, 78.6% (agreed or strongly agreed) indicated that

webinars, online resources, videos, mentorship).
there was a need for the Organization to provide

speciic student programming for consulting,

Demographics
with 69.6% and 60% indicting a greater need for

A total of 145 male (n = 63, 43.4%) and female (n = 82, 56.6%) students completed the survey. providing research and teaching programming,

The majority of participants were Caucasian (78.6%) graduate students (89%) majoring in respectively.

general psychology (45.5%) with a concentration in sport psychology (76.6%).

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