APA STYLE ESSENTIALS 6 th Edition 2010 APA

APA STYLE ESSENTIALS 6 th Edition (2010)

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General Document Guidelines • Margins: – 1 inch on all sides • Font: – 12 -pt Times New Roman • Line Spacing: – Double space throughout • Text Spacing: – Single space after commas, colons, semicolons – Double space after end of sentence punctuation

General Document Guidelines • Paragraph indent: – 5 -7 spaces • Alignment: – Flush Left (uneven right margin) • Pagination – Page # on every page, 1 inch from right edge of paper, top line • Running head – < 50 characters total – Top line (header), flush left, on every page

Document sections: TITLE PAGE 1. Running head + pagination (1) 2. Title: • Upper- & lower-case, centered, upper half of page • Recommended < 12 words 3. Author(s) • Line below title, centered • Name(s) only—always use same name format 4. Institutional affiliation • Line below title, centered 5. Author Note (not needed for class essays)

Document sections: ABSTRACT 1. Running head + pagination (2) 2. Heading: • Abstract (centered on line below running head) 3. One paragraph • Usually 150 -250 words (varies by journal) • No paragraph indent • NOTE: ABSTRACT NOT NEEDED FOR CLASS ESSAYS

Document sections: BODY 1. Running head + pagination (3) 2. Title • • Upper- & lower-case, centered 1 st line below running head 3. Introduction (not labeled) 4. Headings • Level 1: – – • Method, Results, Discussion, References Centered, bold, upper- and lower-case Level 2 – – Subheadings (Participants, Procedure, Measures…) Flush Left, bold, upper- & lower-case

Text Citations (IF USED) • In sentence: – Wirth and Mitchell (1994) found that…. • In parentheses: – One study found…. (Wirth & Mitchell, 1994) • 1 or 2 authors: – Always list both • 3 -5 authors: – List all last names the first time – After that: Smith et al. (2007)

Text Citations • 6 or more authors: – Smith et al. is used every time • Direct quotations – Include page number after reference – (Smith et al. , 2007, p. 231) – If under 40 words: • Place quotation in text between “ “ marks – If over 40 words: • Display in freestanding block, indented, without “ “ marks

References • Hanging – 1 st line of each reference flush left – Subsequent lines indented • References listed alphabetically – If more by exact same author(s): list in chronological date of publication, earliest first

References: Article Mc. Anulty, R. D. , Mc. Guire, L. E. & Mc. Anulty, D. P. (1989). A crosscultural comparison of attitudes toward alcohol among French and United States college students. The International Journal of the Addictions, 24(12), 1229 -1236. If more than 7 authors: Mc. Anulty, R. D. , Mc. Guire, L. E. , Mc. Anulty, D. P. , Rappaport, N. B. , Waggoner, C. E. , Ruggerio, L. , . . . Brantley, P. J. (1986).

References: Books BOOK: Diamant, L. & Mc. Anulty, R. D. , . (1995). The psychology of sexual orientation, behavior and identity: A handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. CHAPTER IN EDITED BOOK: Long, P. J. (1995). Perpetrators of incest. In L. Diamant & R. D. Mc. Anulty (Eds. ), The psychology of sexual orientation, behavior and identity: A handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.