Psychology Examples of Reference Format
Example references, formatted as recommended by the American Psychological Association
If these were being inserted in a References page, successive lines in the reference would be indented 0.5" and all lines would be double-spaced.
| Journal article, 1 author, with DOI |
Longo, R. E. (2010). The use of biofeedback, CES, brain mapping and neurofeedback with youth who have sexual behavior problems. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 6(2), 142-159. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0100902 |
| Journal article, 2 authors | Yu, K., Perez, M. (2020). The association between maternal criticism and body dissatisfaction on disordered eating pathology across racial and ethnic groups. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(1), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000277 |
| Journal article, 3 authors | Switzer, J. L., San Juan, V., & Graham, S. A. (2020). Preschoolers use helpful and harmful intractions to predict social category membership. Developmental Psychology, 56(6), 1057-1072. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000925 |
| Journal article, more than 21 authors | Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Collins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, S., White, G., Woollen, J., Zhu, Y., Chelliah, M., Ebisuzaki, W., Higgins, W., Janowiak, J., Mo, K. C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetmaa, A., . . . Joseph, D. (1996). The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(3), 437–471. http://doi.org/fg6rf9 |
| Book, 1 author, with DOI | Salekin, R. T. (2015). Forensic evaluation and treatment of juveniles: Innovation and best practice. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14595-000 |
| Book, 1 author, 2nd edition, with DOI | Jordan, J. V. (2018). Theories of psychotherapy series. Relational-cultural therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000063-000 |
| A chapter in an edited book | Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones, K. P., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000119-012 |
| Organization as author and publisher | World Health Organization. (2019). International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems (11th ed.). https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/classification-of-diseases |
| Edited book | Meadows, D. H. (2008). Thinking in systems: A primer (D. Wright, Ed.). Chelsea Green Publishing. |
| Website, 1 author | Sax, R. (2020, May 14). Intersection of mental health and law: Reality testing. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/crime-time/202005/intersection-mental-health-and-law-reality-testing |
| Website, group author | World Health Organization. (2020, January 17). Lack of new antibiotics threatens global efforts to contain drug-resistant infections. https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/17-01-2020-lack-of-new-antibiotics-threatens-global-efforts-to-contain-drug-resistant-infections |
These references are based on examples presented in the APA Publication Manual (7th edition, first printing).