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The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science

Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: Clinical psychology, like other disciplines, is facing a replication/credibility crisis that undermines the evidentiary basis of our science. The Open Science Movement (OSM) offers solutions through practices such as preregistration, Registered Reports, and sharing of data, materials, and code. Clinical psychology has been slow to adopt these reforms, leaving trainees underprepared for emerging norms. This article reviews the factors that contributed to the crisis, outlines the necessary role of transparency in distinguishing rigorous from flawed research, and documents the limited uptake of open science practices in clinical journals and graduate training. We argue that transparency is an ethical as well as methodological imperative and propose a competency-based model for embedding open science principles into doctoral education. We conclude by calling on programs, journals, and accrediting bodies to make transparency a core requirement, essential for restoring credibility and advancing a cumulative, trustworthy clinical science.
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/s46wd_v1
Authors: Donald R Lynam, David Sbarra, Jennifer L Tackett, P. Priscilla Lui, Riley McDanal, Katherine Schaumberg, Aidan G.C. Wright, Yexinyu Yang, Joshua Miller
Institutions: Purdue University West Lafayette, University of Arizona, Northwestern University, University of Washington, Stony Brook University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Georgia
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4414738247
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