Job Satisfaction among School Psychologists: A Replication Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the results of Anderson, et al.'s 1984 national study of the job satisfaction of NASP affiliated school psychologists could be replicated in one state and with a sample that comprised both NASP-affiliated and nonaffiliated school psychologists. The job satisfaction of 362 school psychologists in Pennsylvania was analyzed using demographic data and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and other procedures nearly identical to those employed by Anderson, et al. Current results paralleled the results of Anderson, et al. both in the percentages of school psychologists who showed various levels of job satisfaction and in regard to sources of satisfaction and dissatisfaction.

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