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Behavioral science licensure: Merit and applications

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Fulmer, Russell
Kezele, Jordan

Abstract / Description

This article provides an overview of occupational licensure as applied to the behavioral sciences. Licensure enactment is inherently an interdisciplinary phenomenon with educational, ethical, and community welfare implications. The aim of the current study is to conduct a review of the literature pertaining to licensure and compare the findings with the ethics code of the American Counseling Association. The results reveal that the common reasons given for licensure are of questionable validity. Voluntary certification is suggested as a viable alternative.

Keyword(s)

licensure certification professional ethics code human rights self-actualization

Persistent Identifier

Date of first publication

2018-10-31

Journal title

Psychological Thought

Volume

11

Issue

2

Page numbers

54–61

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Fulmer, R., & Kezele, J. (2018). Behavioral science licensure: Merit and applications. Psychological Thought, 11(2), 54–61. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v11i2.283
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Fulmer, Russell
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kezele, Jordan
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-28T10:01:40Z
  • Made available on
    2018-11-28T10:01:40Z
  • Date of first publication
    2018-10-31
  • Abstract / Description
    This article provides an overview of occupational licensure as applied to the behavioral sciences. Licensure enactment is inherently an interdisciplinary phenomenon with educational, ethical, and community welfare implications. The aim of the current study is to conduct a review of the literature pertaining to licensure and compare the findings with the ethics code of the American Counseling Association. The results reveal that the common reasons given for licensure are of questionable validity. Voluntary certification is suggested as a viable alternative.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Fulmer, R., & Kezele, J. (2018). Behavioral science licensure: Merit and applications. Psychological Thought, 11(2), 54–61. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v11i2.283
    en_US
  • ISSN
    2193-7281
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1515
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1881
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v11i2.283
  • Keyword(s)
    licensure
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  • Keyword(s)
    certification
    en_US
  • Keyword(s)
    professional ethics code
    en_US
  • Keyword(s)
    human rights
    en_US
  • Keyword(s)
    self-actualization
    en_US
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Behavioral science licensure: Merit and applications
    en_US
  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Psychological Thought
  • Page numbers
    54–61
  • Volume
    11
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