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American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It has 54 divisions—interest groups for different subspecialties of psychology or topical areas. The APA has an annual budget of around $115 million. Profile The APA has task forces that issue policy statements on various matters of social importance, including abortion, human rights, the welfare of detainees, human trafficking, the rights of the mentally ill, IQ testing, sexual orientation change efforts, and gender equality. Governance APA is a corporation chartered in the District of Columbia. APA's bylaws describe structural components that serve as a system of checks and balances to ensure democratic process. The organizational entities include: * APA President. The APA's president is elected by the membership. The president chairs th ...
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American Psychological Association Of Graduate Students
The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) is a constituency group within the American Psychological Association that represents APA graduate student affiliate members. Founded in 1988, APAGS currently represents approximately one-third of all members of the American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ..., making it one of the largest constituency groups within the association and the largest group of organized graduate psychology students worldwide. APAGS was formed by David Pilon and Scott Mesh who were graduate students in clinical psychology. David Pilon was then the president of SOSIP (Society of Students in Psychology of the Ontario Psychological Association) and Scott Mesh was president of CPSA (Clinical Psycholo ...
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American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world. It has more than 37,000 members are involved in psychiatric practice, research, and academia representing a diverse population of patients in more than 100 countries. The association publishes various journals and pamphlets, as well as the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (DSM). The DSM codifies psychiatric conditions and is used mostly in the United States as a guide for diagnosing mental disorders. The organization has its headquarters in Washington, DC. History At a meeting in 1844 in Philadelphia, thirteen superintendents and organizers of insane asylums and hospitals formed the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (AMSAII). The group included Thomas Kirkbride, creator of the asylum model which was used thr ...
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APA International Humanitarian Award
The APA International Humanitarian Award is an award of the American Psychological Association that "recognizes extraordinary humanitarian service and activism by a psychologist or a team of psychologists, including professional and/or volunteer work conducted primarily in the field with underserved populations." Recipients SourceAPA*1998/1999 Nila Kapor-Stanulovic *2001 Karen L. Hanscom *2002 Elizabeth Lira *2004 Chris E. Stout *2005 Eduardo Almeida *2006 Center for Victims of Torture -- Guinea International Mental Health Team *2007 Gerard A. (Jerry) Jacobs *2008 Joseph Prewitt Diaz, Gundelina Velazco *2009 Michael Wessells *2012 John Thoburn *2013 M. Brinton Lykes *2014 Malcolm MacLachlan{{cite web, url=http://www.bps.org.uk/news/bps-fellow-wins-apa-humanitarian-award, title=BPS Fellow wins APA humanitarian award, work=bps.org.uk, accessdate=23 July 2015 *2015 Sunil Bhatia *2016 Alan Poling *2017 Kathryn L. Norsworthy *2018 Guerda M. Nicolas *2019 Gargi Roysircar *2020 ...
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Journal Of Occupational Health Psychology
The ''Journal of Occupational Health Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published bimonthly by the American Psychological Association. It "publishes research, theory, and public policy articles in occupational health psychology, an interdisciplinary field representing a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations. Occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life and to protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers." The current editor-in-chief is Sharon Clarke, PhD. History The idea for the journal emerged in discussions that took place in the 1990s among Steven Sauter and his colleagues at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Gary VandenBos (American Psychological Association), and James Campbell Quick (University of Texas at Arlington). With Quick named as editor-in-chief, the journal was first published in 1996. It "focuses on the work environme ...
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Journal Of Family Psychology
The ''Journal of Family Psychology'' is a Peer review, peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1987 and covers research in family psychology. The current editor-in-chief is Barbara H. Fiese. The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.69. References External links

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Journal Of Experimental Psychology
The ''Journal of Experimental Psychology'' was a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by American Psychological Association. The journal, established in 1916, contained articles relating to experimental psychology. Beginning in 1975, three independently edited and distributed sections were split off with an additional section being added in 1995. The ''Journal of Experimental Psychology'' was renamed '' Journal of Experimental Psychology: General''. History The first issue of the journal was published by the Psychological Review Company, Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi .... The following journals are currently published as independently edited and distributed sections of the former ''Journal of Experimental Psychology'': * '' Jou ...
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Journal Of Comparative Psychology
The ''Journal of Comparative Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It covers research from a comparative perspective on the behavior, cognition, perception, and social relationships of diverse species. The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. History The journal was established in 1921 through the merger of ''Psychobiology'' and the ''Journal of Animal Behavior''. It was renamed ''Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology'' in 1947, and reestablished in 1983 when the journal was split into ''Behavioral Neuroscience'' and the ''Journal of Comparative Psychology''. Past editors-in-chief include Jerry Hirsch (1983), Gordon Gallup (1989), Charles Snowdon (1994), Meredith West (2001), Gordon Burghardt (2005), and Josep ...
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Journal Of Applied Psychology
The ''Journal of Applied Psychology'' is a monthly, peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. The journal emphasizes the publication of original investigations that contribute new knowledge and understanding to fields of applied psychology (other than clinical and applied experimental or human factors, which are more appropriate for other American Psychological Association journals). The journal primarily considers empirical and theoretical investigations that enhance understanding of cognitive, motivational, affective, and behavioral psychological phenomena." The editor-in-chief is Lillian Eby (University of Georgia). The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. Abstracting and indexing According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 ...
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Health Psychology (journal)
''Health Psychology'' is a monthly, Peer review, peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. The journal is "devoted to understanding the scientific relations among psychological factors, behavior and physical health and illness." The editor-in-chief is Kenneth E. Freedland (Washington University in St. Louis). Abstracting and indexing This journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.556". See also * ''Journal of Health Psychology'' *Occupational health psychology References External links * APA Division 38, Health Psychology
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Emotion (journal)
''Emotion'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which, as its title states, publishes articles relating to the study of emotion. It is one of several psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association. It was established by founding co-editors-in-chief Richard Davidson and Klaus Scherer in 2001. The current editor-in-chief is Paula R. Pietromonaco (University of Massachusetts). Initially published quarterly, the publication frequency has been bimonthly since 2008. The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines that provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. Abstracting and indexing For indexing purposes, ''Emotion'' is also referred to as ''Emotion (Washington D.C.)''. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Current Contents, EMBASE, Index Medicus, I B Z - Internationale Bi ...
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Developmental Psychology (journal)
''Developmental Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association covering research in developmental psychology. Publishing formats are research articles, reviews, and theoretical or methodological articles. The current editor-in-chief is Eric F. Dubow (Bowling Green State University and University of Michigan). The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines that provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. History The journal was established in 1969, with Boyd R. McCandless (Emory University) as founding editor-in-chief. Abstracting and indexing The journal is indexed by the following services: *Academic Search *CAB Abstracts *Criminal Justice Abstracts *Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences *Global Health *MEDLINE/PubMed *PsycINFO *Scopus *Social Sciences Citation Index According to the ''Journal Citatio ...
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