Corrections to the First Printing of the Publication Manual

CorrectionstotheFirstPrintingofthePublicationManual

oftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,SixthEdition(July2009)

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ErrorsinAPAStyleRules

ThefollowingarecorrectionstothefirstprintingofthePublicationManualinJuly2009.

Pleasecheckthecopyrightpage(unnumberedp.iv)todeterminewhichprintingyouare

using.

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Chapter7

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Page202–Section7.02,inthelasttemplateexampleonthepage,delete“Location:

Publisher.”

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PublisherinformationdeletedintemplateforabookchapterreferencewithaDOIbecause

itisunnecessaryinformation.TheDOI(orURL)willallowusertolocatepublisher

information.

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Page209–Section7.07,inthemotionpicturetemplateexam

ple,capitalize“origin.”

Capitalizationoforiginaddedinreferencetemplatetoillustratethatthenameofthe

countryshouldbecapitalizedandtobeconsistentwithotherreferencetemplate

examples.

ErrorsinExamples

ThefollowingarecorrectionstothefirstprintingofthePublicationManualinJuly2009.

Pleasecheckthecopyrightpage(unnumberedp.iv)todeterminewhichprintingyouare

using.

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Chapter2

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Notethatallsamplepapershavebeencorrectedandareavailableatwww.apastyle.org

for

download.

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Page25–Indentthefirstparagraphoftheexampleundertheheading“Fourthparagraph:

Persontocontact(mailingaddress,e‐mail).”

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IntheAuthorNote,thefirstparagraphhasbeenindentedtofollowtheAPAStylerulelisted

inChapter8,section8.03(p.229),Paragraphsandindentation:“Indentthefirstlineof

eryparagraphandthefirstlineofeveryfootnote.”

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Chapter3

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Page62–Table3.1,runsuperscript“b”textupsoitimmediatelyfollowssuperscript“a”

text.

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Thesecondspecifictablenote(

)hasbeenmovedtodirectlyfollowthefirstnoteonthe

sameline(

),accordingtotheformatdescribedandillustratedinTable5.1(p.129):“A

specificnoteappearsonaseparatelinebelowanygeneralnotes;subsequentspecificnotes

arerunin(seesection5.16).”

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Chapter4

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Page100–Table4.3,runsuperscript“b”textupsoitimmediatelyfollowssuperscript“a”

text.

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SameexplanationasChapter3,page62.

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Page121–Add“of”tothedefinitionofRMSEAsoitreads“Rootmeansquareerrorof

approximation.”

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InTable4.5,StatisticalAbbreviationsandSymbols,“of”hasbeenincludedinthedefinition

ofRMSEA(rootmeansquareerrorofapproximation)forclarity.

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Chapter5

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Page139–InTable5.8,incolumnheads2and4,italicize“OR.”

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Intwotablecolumnheadings,oddsratio(OR)hasbeenitalicizedbecauseitreferstothe

symbol,specifyingnumericvaluesinthecolumn,asdescribedinthenotetoTable4.5,

StatisticalAbbreviationsandSymbols(p.123):“Usetheabbreviationformwhenreferringto

theconceptandthesymbolformwhenspecifyinganumericvalue

.Asarule,thesymbol

formwillbeeitheranon‐EnglishletteroranitalicizedversionoftheEnglishletterform.

Mostabbreviationscanbeturnedintosymbols(forusewhenreportingnumerical

estimates)bysimplyitalicizingtheabbreviation.”

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Page152–InthecaptiontoFigure5.1,removeit

alicfromthesubscripts“Vt,”“Vr,”

“G

t,”and“Gr”andsetinromaninstead.

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Italicsinsubscriptsappearingwithstatisticalsymbolshavebeenremovedforconsistency

withcorrectformatthatappearswithinfigureandinaccordancewithAPAStyle

recommendation(seep.118,Standard,boldface,anditalictype)that“Greekletters,

subscripts,andsuperscriptsthatfunctionasidentifiers(i.e.,ar

enotvariables)and

abbreviationsthatarenotvariables(e.g.,log,GLM,WLS)aresetinstandardtypeface.”

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Chapter6

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Page170–InthenotetoFigure6.1,line3,italicizethecommaafter“Psychology”aswell

as“122”andthecommafollowingit(i.e.,“Psychology,122,”).

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Commafollowingperiodicalname,thevolumenumber,andthecommafollowingthe

volumenumberhavebeenitalicizedtofollowAPAStyleformatforrefer

encesto

periodicals,asoutlinedinsections6.29–6.30andillustratedinmultipleexamplesinsection

7.01.

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Chapter7

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Page202–Example17,insertacommaafter“Research”inthejournaltitle.

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Inreferenceexampleforanabstractasasecondarysource,acommawasaddedafter

journaltitletofollowAPAStyleformatforreferencestoperiodicaltitles,asoutlinedin

sections6.29–6.30andasshowninreferenceexam

plesinsection7.01.

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Page207–Example38,add“,USA,”after“AcademyofSciences”(“AcademyofSciences,

USA”)beforethevolumenumber.

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Inreferenceexampleforproceedingspublishedregularlyonline,thetitlewascorrectedto

include“USA”andtheitalicizedcommasprecedingandfollowingthetitleweread

dedto

followAPAStyleformatforjournaltitlesasoutlinedinsections6.29and6.30andasshown

inreferenceexamplesinsection7.01.

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Page210–Example53,deletetheperiodafter“Services”before“(Cartographer).”

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Inreferenceexampleforamapretrievedonline,aperiodwasdeletedbetweentheprimary

contributorlistedasauthorandtheidentificationofthecontributiongiveninparentheses.

Theseelementsshouldnotbeseparatedbyaperiodunlessanauthor’sinitial,asillustrated

inthereferencetemplateinsection7.07.

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Page212–SecondpartofExampl

e61,insertacommaafter“Pluralist”beforethevolume

number.

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Inreferenceexampleforaninformallypublishedorself‐archivedwork,acommawasadded

afterjournaltitletofollowAPAStyleformatforreferencestoperiodicaltitles,asoutlinedin

sections6.29–6.30andasshowninreferenceexam

plesinsection7.01.

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Page213–Example65,changethecommaafter“(HUG4118.10)”toaperiod.

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Insection7.10,ArchivalDocumentsandCollections,thereferenceexampleforacollection

oflettersfromanarchive,aperiodwasaddedtoreplacethecommaafterthepar

enthetical

descriptionofthecallnameandnumber.Thisreflectstheformatestablishedinthe

templateforthesection.

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Page214–Example71,change“Ohio”to“OH”andplacetheperiodoutsidethebrackets.

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Insection7.10,ArchivalDocumentsandCollections,inanexampleofanewspaperarticle,

historical,inanarchiveorpersonalcollection,astatenamewaschangedtoitspostal

abbr

eviation,perguidelinesinsection6.30(p.187)onpublicationinformation,whichstates

that“thenamesofU.S.statesandterritoriesareabbreviatedinthereferencelist…;usethe

officialtwo‐letterU.S.PostalServiceabbreviations.

”

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Page214–Example72,changethecommaafter“(HUGFP104.50,Box2,Folder

“MiscellaneousPsychologicalMaterials”)”toaperiod.



Insection7.10,ArchivalDocumentsandCollections,thereferenceexampleforahistorical

publicationoflimitedcirculation,aperiodwasaddedtoreplacethecommaafterthe

parentheticaldescriptionofthecallnu

mber,boxnumber,andfilename.Thisreflectsthe

formatestablishedinthetemplateforthesection.

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Page214–Example73,changethecommaafter“(Box137,Folder2292)”toaperiod.



Insection7.10,ArchivalDocumentsandCollections,thereferenceexamplefor

photographs,aperiodwasaddedtoreplacethecommaafterthepar

entheticaldescription

oftheboxnumberandfilenumber.Thisreflectstheformatestablishedinthetemplatefor

thesection.



Page218–InExample3,change“March”to“Mar.”



InAppendix7.1:ReferencestoLegalMaterials,anabbreviationforamonth(March)was

correctedinasamplereferencetoanunreporteddecisionperstyleofabbreviations

recommendedintheTheBluebook(18thed.,2005).

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Page224–Example19,inthe“Explanation”section,line1,lowercase“Title.”



InAppendix7.1:ReferencestoLegalMaterials,thewordtitlewaslowercasedinreference

to“title3oftheCodeofFederalRegulations”tofollowthecapi

talizationguidelinesinThe

Bluebook(18thed.,2005)andtobeconsistentwithsimilarreferencesintheappendix.

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Chapter8

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Page241–UnderFormatsection,fourthbullet,change“appendixes”to“appendices”;

underTitlePageandAbstractsection,fourthbullet,line2,add“www.

”sotheURLreads

“http://

www.apa.org/journals.”



IntheChecklistforManuscriptSubmission,Formatsection,thewordappendixeswas

changedtoappendicestocorrespondtosection4.12,PreferredSpelling,regardingplural

formsofwordsofLatinorGreekorigin,inwhichappendicesisincludedasthepreferred

pluralformofappendixinAPAStyle.IntheTitlePageandAbstractsection,theURLwas

correctedtoinclude“www.”sothatthelinkisaccurate.



Appendix

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Page252–InthenotetoTable4,italicizevolumenumber“63”andthecommafollowing

it.



IntheAppendix,Table4,“Meta‐AnalysisReportingStandards(MARS):Information

RecommendedforInclusioninManuscriptsReportingMeta‐Analyses,”inthenotetothe

table,thevolumenumberandcommafollowinginthereferencetothejournalarticlehave

beenitalicizedtocorrespondtorefer

encingguidelinesforperiodicalsgiveninsections

6.29–6.30andinreferenceexamplesinsection7.01.



References

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Page256–IntheMeyeretal.reference,italicizethecommafollowing“Sexuality”andthe

volumenumber13.



Inthereferencelistforthebook,intheMeyeretal.reference,italicshavebeenaddedto

thecommafollowingthejournaltitletoreflectreferencingguidelinesforperiodicalsgiven

insections6.29–6.30andinrefer

enceexamplesinsection7.01.

Clarifications

ThefollowingarecorrectionstothefirstprintingofthePublicationManualinJuly2009.

Pleasecheckthecopyrightpage(unnumberedp.iv)todeterminewhichprintingyouare

using.



Chapter4



Page88–Changelastlineunder“Exception”toread“Spacingtwiceafterpunctuation

marksattheendofasentenceaidsreadersofdraftmanuscripts.”



Thissentencewasrevisedasthefirstpost‐publicationchangetothemanualtoclarifythat

includingtwospacesafterpunctuationmarksattheendofase

ntenceisa

recommendation.



Chapter7



Page215–Example76,changetheauthor“MiddleKid”to“PZMyers”;delete“Re:”;

change“[Weblogmessage]”to“[Weblogpost]”;addasecondexampletoappearbelow

theblogpostexampleasfollows:



MiddleKid.(2007,January22).Re:Theunfortunateprerequisitesandconsequencesof

partitioningyourmind[Weblogcomment].Retrievedfrom

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/01/the_unfortunat

e_prerequisites.php



Changethebulletedlinetoread“Inthesecondexampleascreennameisusedforthe

authorname.Theauthorhasadoptedanickname,orscreenname,tousewhenposting

commentstotheweblog.”

Insection7.11,InternetMessageBoards,ElectronicMailingLists,andOtherOnline

Communities,inthereferenc

etoablogpost,theexamplewasoriginallyablogcomment.

Theexamplehasbeenchangedtocorrectlyshowboththeblogpostandtheblogcomment.

Theformatremainsthesame,buttheexampleillustratestwoaspectsofcitingaweblog.

Chapter8



Page230–Changetheheading“Pagenumbersandmanuscriptpageheaders”to“Page

numbersandrunningheads.”

Insection8.03,PreparingtheManuscriptforSubmission,thesubheadinghasbeen

correctedtoreflectthechangeinthesixtheditiontonolongerincludethemanuscript

pageheader(from5thed.);therunningheadservesasbothpageheaderandrunning

headforthemanuscript.



NonsignificantTypographicalErrors

ThefollowingarecorrectionstothefirstprintingofthePublicationManualinJuly2009.

Pleasecheckthecopyrightpage(unnumberedp.iv)todeterminewhichprintingyouare

using.



Introduction



Page3–lastsentenceofthesecondparagraph,lowercase“Web.”



Chapter3



Page64–Firstparagraph,line2,insertcommaafter“e.g.”



Chapter5



Page127–Section5.05,line7,change“TableAl”to“TableA1.”



Page132–InTable5.3,line2ofthetablenote,add“Pathology”tothedefinitionof

“DAPP.”



Page135–InTable5.5,firstcolumn,change“Bachelors”to“Bachelor’s.”



Page136–Table5.6,inline6ofthetablenote,addserialcommasafter“Societal,”

“Attitudinal,”and“Familial”and“AcculturativeStressScale”inthedefinitionof“SAFE”

soitreads“Societal,Attitudinal,Familial,andEnvironmentalAcculturativeStressScale”;

inline8ofthetablenote,addtheword“Acculturative”tothearticletitle.



Page146–InTable5.14,firstcolumn,indent“measurementmodel”infirstentry.



Page150–InSection5.19,TableChecklist,sixthitem,deletesecondinstanceoftheword

“italics.”



Page151–InSection5.21,firstbulleteditem,hy

phenate“yaxis”and“xaxis”(y‐axis,

x‐axis).



Chapter6



Page183–ReferenceComponentssection,lastline,adda“0”to“7.1”soitreads“7.01.”



Chapter7



Page201–Example15,insert“.supp”totheendoftheDOI.



Page211–Example57,add“Ontario,”between“Mississauga”and“Canada.”



Page212–Section7.10,intemplateexample,italicize“Titleofmaterial”;capitalize

“collection”;changelastlineto“NameofRepository,Location.”



Page219–In,Example5,insertaspacebetweentheinitials“W.Va.”



Page223–Example19,inthereferencelistentry,insertaperiodafter“R”in“C.F.R

.”



Chapter8



Page233–Figure8.2,Section8.01,line1,deletethehyphenin“accurate”;Section8.02,

line3,deletethehyphenin“purpose”;Section8.04,subsection(a),line2,deletethe

hyphenin“students”;Section(b),line2,deletethehyphenin“opportunity.”



Page234–Figure8.2,deletehyphensinthefollo

wingwordslistedbysectionand

subsection:



Section8.09,subsection(a),line2,“compliance”;subsection(f),line2,“anesthesia”;

subsection(g),line2,“psychologists”;Section8.10,subsection(a),line2,“Avoidance”;

Section8.12,subsection(b),line 3,“involved”;line4,“institutional”;line6,“publications”;

line7,“introductory”;subsection(c),line2,“principal”;Section8.13,line2,“previously”;

Section8.14,subsection(a

),line3,“professionals”;line8,“responsible”;subsection(b),

line4,“agreement”;Section8.15,line2,“publication.”



References



Page255–FifthAPAreference,lastline,change“lgbt”to“lgbc”anddelete“#18.”



Page255–SixthAPAreference,add“decline”after“cognitive”inthetitle.



Page256–Mildenbergeretal.reference,change“Radiolology”to“Radiology”;change

“027”to“927”(920–927).



Page257–U.S.CopyrightOffic

ereference,secondline,delete“U.S.”before“Government

PrintingOffice.”



Page257–FirstVandenBosreference,changeasfollows:



VandenBos,G.R.(2001).Disguisingcasematerialforpublication.Unpublished

manuscript,PublicationsOffice,AmericanPsychologicalAssociation,

Washington,DC.



Index



Page264–“Greekletters”entry,add“122–123(Table4.5).”