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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE/OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to obtain information about psychology internship training programs involving work with individuals with disabilities receiving rehabilitation services in the United States and Canada. RESEARCH METHOD/DESIGN/METHODS:The Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) directory was used to identify 426 training programs that listed supervised experience in rehabilitation psychology, and these programs were sent a survey assessing characteristics of their internship. There were 227 program directors who responded (53%), and 114 of them reported that their internship involved working with disabled persons receiving rehabilitation services. RESULTS:The majority of training programs were at a hospital or subacute rehabilitation facility (Veteran Affairs and non-Veteran Affairs), and 41% of the programs were housed within an independent psychology department. Sixteen programs (15%) had faculty who were board certified by the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology (ABRP). CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS/CONCLUSIONS:Interns were exposed to a broad range of conditions, such as brain injuries, orthopedic, and spinal cord injuries, as well as comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders. Interns were also provided various levels of training in ABRP competencies across programs. Opportunities to improve training with rehabilitation populations at the internship level include increasing didactics related to rehabilitation psychology and increasing opportunities to work with ABRP faculty. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Research Objectives: To investigate the associations between the SCAT3 Cognitive factor with neuropsychological performance measures. Design: Retrospective study of adult patients diagnosed with concussions. Setting: Outpatient concussion center in a major urban medical center. Participants: Participants were 89 patients diagnosed with uncomplicated mild traumatic brain injuries/concussions ages 18 years or older referred for neuropsychological evaluation. Interventions: Neuropsychological assessment. Main Outcome Measures: Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT3), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Digit Span Backward Subscale, WAIS-IV Coding, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Verbal Fluency, California Verbal Learning Test II (CVLT-II) Long Delayed Free Recall, Stroop Color and Word Interference score, Trails Making Test B (TMTB). Results: Separated hierarchical multiple regression analyses were computed. Results indicated that a higher SCAT3 cognitive measure was predictive of lower performance on Digit Span Backward Scaled Score (T= -.32, R2 =.23, p=.005), Coding (T= -.31, R2 =.37, p=.004), CVLT-II Long Delayed Recall (T= -.22, R2 =.36, p=.030), and TMTB (T= -.41, R2 =.27, p < .001) after controlling for years of education, gender, age, numbers of prior concussions, and loss of consciousness. Conclusions: Neuropsychological measures examining concentration, visuomotor processing speed, memory, and set shifting are associated with the SCAT3 Cognitive Factor score. The SCAT3 may be a useful tool to identify individuals who may benefit from follow-up and management of cognitive symptoms. While the SCAT3 was designed for athletes, it may be helpful in the general population

The present study aims to contribute to the body of literature linking traditional masculine ideologies and drinking. Previous studies found that traditional masculine ideologies were associated with numerous negative outcomes such as alcohol consumption and drinking-related problems (R. O. de Visser &amp; J. A. Smith, 2007, Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men, Psychology &amp; Health, 22, 595-614. This study hypothesizes a theoretical path model suggesting that traditional masculine ideologies are associated with gender role conflict (J. M. O'Neil, 2008, Summarizing 25 years of research on men's gender role conflict using the Gender Role Conflict Scale: New research paradigms and clinical implications, The Counseling Psychologist, 36, 358-445), which is related to drinking motives (M. L. Cooper, 1994, Motivations for alcohol use among adolescents: Development and validation of a four-factor model, Psychological Assessment, 6, 117-128), and then to alcohol consumption and drinking-related problems. Participants were 109 males enrolled in an addiction intensive outpatient program. Path analysis results showed that the proposed model fit the data well. Traditional masculine ideologies were associated with gender role conflict. Moreover, coping and enhancement motives were found to mediate the relationship between gender role conflict and alcohol-related problems, while coping motives mediated gender role conflict and alcohol consumption. These findings provide a preliminary model linking traditional masculine ideologies to gender role conflict, which in turn contribute to alcohol consumption and drinking-related problems through drinking motives.