An examination of gender difference in advancement and salary for Marriage and Family Therapy faculty members working in public universities.

Evidence for inequitable advancement and salary disparity for women in academia is compelling, but only a marginal amount of research has explored this in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) specifically. Current research provides preliminary evidence that women remain underrepresented at the Full Professor rank and are paid less than men MFT faculty. This study collected publicly available data for MFT faculty in public universities to explore gender differences in advancement between ranks, salary disparity, and the representation of women and men in the highest and lowest paying niches of MFT academia. Results showed that, despite being 60.15% of MFTs in public universities, women were paid an average of $5596.25 less than men. Men were 1.40 times more likely than women to be promoted to Full Professor on time-within 13 years of their terminal degree. Implications for addressing inequitable advancement and salary disparity for women MFT faculty are discussed.

Resilience Factors and Suicide Risk for a Sample of Transgender Clients.

This study explored how individual- and community-based resilience factors operated together in order to reduce risk of suicide for a sample of transgender therapy clients. We collected cross-sectional survey data from 106 transgender therapy clients at a local community center, including demographic information, experiences of relational support, participants' emotional stability, and risk for suicide. Results from our mediation analysis indicated that high levels of perceived relational support are related to reduced risk for suicide and that this happens by way of a person's emotional stability. Clinical implications for family therapists are discussed based on the significant indirect effect found in this study.

Este estudio exploró cómo los factores de resiliencia basados en individuos y comunidades operaron en conjunto para reducir el riesgo de suicidio en una muestra de clientes de terapia transgénero. Recopilamos datos de una encuesta transversal de 106 clientes de terapia transgénero en un centro comunitario local, incluyendo información demográfica, experiencias de apoyo relacional, estabilidad emocional de los participantes y riesgo de suicidio. Los resultados de nuestro análisis de mediación indicaron que niveles altos de apoyo relacional percibido se asociaban a un riesgo de suicidio reducido, y que esto se daba mediante la estabilidad emocional de la persona. Se discuten las implicaciones clínicas para terapeutas familiares basado del efecto indirecto significativo arrojado por el estudio.