TPC Journal V7, Issue 1-FULL ISSUE

The Professional Counselor | Volume 7, Issue 1 95 Table 1 Addiction Articles in Professional Counseling Journals, 2005–2014 Journal No. of Addiction Articles Found No. of Total Possible Articles %Addiction to No. of Total Articles The Professional Counselor 5 113 4.4 Journal of Counselor Leadership & Advocacy 0 13 0.0 Journal of Counseling & Development 9 561 1.6 Adultspan Journal 5 101 5.0 The Career Development Quarterly 0 282 0.0 Counseling and Values 6 191 3.1 Counselor Education and Supervision 1 199 0.5 Journal of Addiction & Offender Counseling 70 92 76.1 Journal of College Counseling 14 163 8.6 Journal of Employment Counseling 5 182 2.8 Journal of Humanistic Counseling 3 175 1.7 Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development 1 194 0.5 Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation 4 48 8.3 The Family Journal 17 554 3.1 Journal of Creativity in Mental Health 15 251 6.0 Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling 13 136 9.6 Journal of Mental Health Counseling 11 244 4.5 Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology 0 87 0.0 The Journal for Specialists in Group Work 5 209 2.4 Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 8 176 4.6 Professional School Counseling 4 432 0.9 Rehabilitation Counseling 10 208 4.8 Journal of Military and Government Counseling 4 29 13.8 Total 210 4,640 4.5 Note. The first issue of The Professional Counselor was published in 2011; Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation was first published in June 2010; Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling was first published in October 2008; Journal for Social Action in Counseling was first published in April 2007; Journal of Creativity in Mental Health was first published in September 2007; the first issue of Journal of Military and Government Counseling was published in January 2013; the first issue of the Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy was published in 2014. The addictive behavior coding variable also was used to assess this research question. General substance use was by far the most represented addictive behavior in the articles ( n = 142; 68%), followed by alcohol consumption ( n = 46; 22%) and behavioral addictions ( n = 11; 5%). Specific substances were addressed in fewer articles: nicotine ( n = 8; 4%), opioids ( n = 4; 2%), stimulants ( n = 4; 2%), cannabis ( n = 3; 1%) and ecstasy ( n = 1; 0.5%). The total values exceed the actual number of