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APA Style: Print Format

Print Format

The following examples illustrate APA citation style for selected works in print format. For other works see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth edition, on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

Journal citation with up to six authors

In-text citation:


…elderly patients fear MRI tests (Armony & Dolan, 2002) and require follow-up …


Reference List:


Armony, J. L., & Dolan, R. J. (2002). Modulation of spatial attention by fear-conditioned

stimuli: An event-related MRI study. Neuropsychologia, 40, 817–826.


Note: If each issue of a journal begins on page 1, give the issue number in parentheses after the volume number.

Journal citation with seven or more authors

In-text citation:


… meta-analysis shows the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, et al. 2008) to have validity…


Reference List:


Beck, A. T., Epstein, N., Brown, G., Smith, P., Mittle, H., Steer, R. A., et al. (2008).

An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties. Journal of

Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 893–897.

Newspaper Citation

In-text citation:


...prescriptions of antidepressants to youths are undergoing scrutiny (Schultz, 2008) by the


Reference List:


Schultz, A. (2008, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state FDA regulations on
antidepressants. The Philadelphia Inquirer, p. 1A.


Note: Single pages use p., e.g., p. 1A; multiple pages use pp., e.g., pp. B2, B4 or pp. C1, C3-C4.

Book

In-text citation:


…Sigmund Freud, recognized as one of the most familiar figures (Davis, 2007) in psychology…


Reference List:

Davis, J. (2007). Familiar psychological figures. Washington, DC: American Psychological

Association.

Book Chapter

In-text citation:

…The subjective well-being of college students (Haybron, 2008) has been found

Reference List:

Haybron, D. M. (2008). College and the subjective well-being. In M. Els & R.

Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17-43). New York, NY:

Guilford Press.

Reference Book

In-text citation:


…Subjective well being has been defined as (Davis, 2007) the ability to recognize…


Reference List:


Davis, T. J. (Ed.). (2007). APA dictionary of psychology. Washington, DC: American

Psychological Association.

Entry in a reference book

In-text citation:


Though it is not completely understood how phobias develop (Bergmann, 1994) they…


Reference List:


Bergmann, P.G. (1994). Phobias. In The new encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp.

501-508). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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