TABLE 2.
Top Influential Figures by Mental Health Practitioners: Differences Between Psychologists and Nonpsychologists
| Name | Total sample (N = 2,459)
|
Psychologists (n = 411)
|
Nonpsychologists (n = 2,048)
|
Group differences χ2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % of N | % of psychologist sample | N | % of N | % of nonpsychologist sample | ||
| Carl Rogersa | 570 | 19.7 | 98 | 3.4 | 20.7 | 472 | 16.3 | 19.5 | 0.01 |
| Aaron Becka | 398 | 13.8 | 114 | 3.9 | 24.1 | 283 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 37.46** |
| Salvador Minuchin | 324 | 11.2 | 36 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 288 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 9.16* |
| Irving Yalom | 268 | 9.3 | 57 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 211 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 2.95 |
| Virginia Satir | 264 | 9.1 | 18 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 246 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 21.10** |
| Albert Ellia | 260 | 9.0 | 43 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 217 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 0.13 |
| Murray Bowen | 218 | 7.5 | 22 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 196 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 8.24* |
| Milton Ericksona | 216 | 7.5 | 34 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 182 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 0.40 |
| John Gottman | 200 | 6.9 | 34 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 166 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 0.02 |
| Carl Jung | 175 | 6.0 | 17 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 158 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.28* |
| Total top 10 | 2,893 | 100 | 473 | 16.4 | 100 | 2,419 | 83.6 | 100 | |