Policy Making Process of the Certified Public Psychologists Act in Japan

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  • 公認心理師法の政策形成・決定過程 : 日本臨床心理士会の動向を中心に
  • コウニン シンリシホウ ノ セイサク ケイセイ ・ ケッテイ カテイ : ニホン リンショウ シンリシカイ ノ ドウコウ オ チュウシン ニ

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This article describes the policy making process of the Certified Public Psychologists Act (CPPA) in Japan. CPPA passed national diet in September 2015. Studies of higher education have since seen an increase in demand for graduation programs in clinical psychology. Some studies have analyzed the political process and regime over certification for clinical psychologists. However, it remains on the research agenda to analyze the policy making process of CPPA and the changes to the regime over certified clinical psychologists in the past decade. In this research, I examined the policy making process of CPPA with resources published by the Japanese Society of Certified Clinical Psychologists. Consequently, this article explained characteristics of the CPPA regime in terms of three points of view. The first is the importance of the consensus-building efforts among professional groups. The second is the influence of an established profession as a vote player. The third is the efficacy and limitation of the previous certification by professional associations themselves. These findings are highly suggestive of other new occupations that seek future designs in terms of their educational curriculum and certification system.

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