Skip to Main Content

Psychology

This guide is your starting place for research in the field of psychology.

Citation Help

KPU APA Citation Guide

KPU Library has created an APA citation guide to help you with all of your citing needs! You can explore the different tabs to find guidance and examples for many different resources. 

KPU APA Citation Guide (will open in new tab). 

 

Other helpful APA resources

Citing the DSM (APA Style Website)

  • A quick link to how to cite the DSM

Citing Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Website)

  •  Consult the Tables & Figures page of the Library's APA guide for additional information about how to format those kinds of items in your paper.

APA Style Home

  • Your resource for questions with straightforward answers. Contains style and grammar guidelines, handouts, and guides. 

APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)

  • Provides general guidelines, in-text citation examples, reference list examples, an APA sample paper, and more.

Citing a psychological test, measure or survey

The example below in red text is a hypothetical test taken from the PsycTests database.

screenshot of a table showing the elements included in the APA citation for a psychology test

You can find more details in section 10.11 Tests, Scales and Inventories in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Writing for Psychology