Psychology's Replication Crisis and Clinical Psychological Science [post]

Jennifer L Tackett, Cassandra M Brandes, Kevin Michael King, Kristian Eric Markon
2018 unpublished
Despite increasing interest in issues of replicability, open science, research transparency, and improving methods and practices in psychological science, the clinical psychology community has been slow to engage. This has been slowly shifting, and the authors of the present article hope to facilitate this emerging dialogue. We begin by examining some potential areas of weakness in clinical psychology in terms of methods, practices, and evidentiary base. We then discuss a select overview of
more » ... tions, tools, and current concerns of the reform movement from a clinical psychological science perspective. We examine areas of clinical science expertise (i.e., implementation science) that should be leveraged to inform open science and reform efforts. Finally, we reiterate the call to clinical psychologists to increase engagement with these efforts toward reform that should accelerate a more credible clinical psychological science.
doi:10.31234/osf.io/kc8xt fatcat:vhak32nxofdwdfik2jof2iofxm