APA's emerging split personality.

Surveyed the 17 primary American Psychological Association (APA) journals and the American Psychologist for 2 3-yr periods 10 yrs apart to determine whether authors publishing articles in APA journals were APA members. There was a modest decrease between 1973–1975 and 1983–1985 in the percentage of senior authors of articles in APA journals who belong to APA. There was a great deal of variation among journals. APA journals were the preferred outlet for articles by members dealing with professional issues; articles of a more scientific nature were authored by members of other professional organizations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Who cares about APA policy and does it have an impact? 2006 annual report of the APA Policy and Planning Board.

What constitutes American Psychological Association (APA) policy? How does it affect the everyday and professional lives of APA members? How personally aware are psychologists of APA policies? In this report, we explore these questions and provide some intriguing findings on the fate of policies developed through the APA's complicated and multifaceted governance process. We also provide a "primer" on APA policy, as we believe that education of APA members is a necessary step to becoming involved more personally in policy development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Office of the Executive Secretary. APA officers, division officers, editors, committees, representatives and related organizations: 1955-1956.

Contemporary officers of the APA and its divisions, editors of APA publications, members of APA standing and special committees, APA representatives to other organizations, officers of affiliated and officers of related organizations are listed. In many instances their particular offices and dates of tenure of office are also indicated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Officers, boards, committees, and representatives of the American Psychological Association, 1992.

In addition to the APA officers, boards, committees and council of representatives, the list includes APA representatives to other professional organizations, APA Division officers, APA-affiliated psychological associations, other organizations of interest to APA members, and secretaries of state and provincial boards and agencies for the statutory licensure or certification of psychologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Membership opinions about APA: A recent snapshot.

A 1986 survey of 2,100 American Psychological Association (APA) members, to which 78% responded, showed that members belonged to APA for varied reasons and that scientists, scientist-practitioners, and practitioners shared few common rationales for maintaining their membership. Most members belonged to other organizations in addition to APA, and less than 50% of those chose APA as their most important organizational membership. Whereas the APA Monitor and APA journals received a strong endorsement from respondents, the publication of Psychology Today was clearly controversial. The cost and size of the convention also were sources of dissatisfaction. Recommended changes in convention format included scheduling more keynote addresses and establishing area-specific conventions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Report of the 1964 Policy and Planning Board.

"In its 1964 meetings, the Policy and Planning Board of APA dealt with 5 main issues: (1) The status of the annual convention. (2) The financial problems of APA delegates to the meetings of affiliated organizations (3) The status of Fellowship in APA (4) Policy with respect to publications (5) The structure and function of the APA." The last 3 items are discussed with there being separate sections on "Background", "Discussion of Policy and Planning Board," and "Recommendations" for each. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Summary report of journal operations, 2001.

Provides summary reports of both the journal operations of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a summary report of APA Division journal operations for the year 2001. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Report of the Executive Officer: 1982.

Discusses the organizational functioning of the American Psychological Association (APA), the operational functioning of APA's Central Office, and the role of APA in light of public policy shifts brought about by the Reagan administration. Operational and policy challenges facing APA in the 1980s are described. (0 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The challenge of space.

"Who publishes in APA journals? Who edits these publications? Do our journals reflect our membership characteristics? Rarely has one of our journals, during its APA existence, been represented by less than 80% academic editors or academic consulting editors. Our journals reflect a heavy preponderance of academic authorship. Nonacademic authors… are being heard more often, but there remains a lengthy distance to traverse before they achieve proportional representation." Tables indicating (1) academic and nonacademic affiliations of APA membership from 4 APA yr. books; (2) affiliations of editors, authors of articles and of total APA membership; and (3) academic and nonacademic authorships by journal between 1925 and 1957 are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Five-Year Report of the Policy and Planning Board, 1994.

Presents a 5 yr retrospective report by the Policy and Planning Board of the American Psychological Association (APA). Trends in membership, finances, and ethical and legal issues are discussed. Specific accomplishments and developments of the 4 directorates (Science, Education, Public Interest, and Practice) are highlighted. The relationship between the APA and state and provincial psychological associations has continued to grow in size and influence. Similarly, divisions within APA have grown and their relationships to APA have changed and clarified within the past 5 yrs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The 1986 APA Membership Opinion Survey: Comments by respondents.

Analyzes comments made by 782 respondents to a survey of members of the American Psychological Association (APA) by A. Howard et al (see record 1988-02607-001). Comments primarily dealt with factors such as the restructuring of the APA, quality of executive leadership, involvement of the APA in social and political issues, and publications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Number of authors per manuscript in APA and EPF journals: 2000–2010.

The PsycINFO metadata records for American Psychological Association (APA) journal articles with publication years 2000 through 2010 were analyzed to obtain a count of authors for each article. The counts were accumulated for each year into categories of one through 25, with one additional category for articles with more than 25 authors. The criteria for journals to be included were that they carried the APA or Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF) imprint and that APA had significant involvement in the editorial process. There were 60 journals involved in the counts. (The number of journals varied over this period, ranging from 27 APA journals and 10 EPF journals in 2000 to 29 APA journals and 31 EPF journals in 2010.) For the years 2000 through 2010, this yielded 30,326 articles and 89,060 incidents of authorship. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Report of the Executive Vice President: 1987: The growth of the American Psychological Association.

Traces the growth of the American Psychological Association (APA) since its founding in 1892 from an initial size of 31 to over 95,000 members. Some of the issues raised by that growth are addressed and include the changing discipline of psychology, the evolution of the APA from learned society to professional organization, the APA central office and its organization, and the financial picture. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A minority of one.

Opposes a "Proposal for a Study of the Future Institutional Development and Organization of the American Psychological Association" (APA). The author disputes the premise of the study that psychology and the APA are on an ever-rising curve and suggests that APA would do better to address its clear and present defects than to project an uncertain future. (0 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

APA guidelines on physical and social accessibility.

These guidelines state the policy of the American Psychological Association (APA) regarding persons with disabilities, bring the following goals to the attention of APA members, and urge them to implement these goals as rapidly as possible. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)