This study investigated differences between Pennsylvania doctoral and nondoctoral school psychologists (N = 362) relative to the time desired to be spent in different roles, involvement in vocational activities, and in satisfaction with different aspects of their jobs. Adjusting for the increased error rate associated with making multiple comparisons, no statistically significant differences emerged but differences which fell just short of significance were for desired time in research, involvement in vocational assessment, and satisfaction with pay.
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