Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

American Psychological Association (APA)

  • Reference work entry
  • First Online:
Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology

  • 126 Accesses

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest association of psychologists worldwide. The mission of the APA is to advance psychology as a science and profession for the promotion of health, education, and human welfare. The APA supports psychological research, maintains high educational and ethical standards for psychologists, and seeks to increase psychological knowledge through professional meetings and publications. Recent issues of the Monitor on Psychology, the monthly APA newsletter, contained articles focusing on Asian and Hispanic psychology and mental health. Multicultural concerns and issues are frequently highlighted in APA publications.

There are 53 divisions within the APA, each devoted to a branch of psychological research and training. Division 16, School Psychology, features publications, scholarships, grants, conferences, and educational opportunities for school psychology students, trainers, and practitioners. Division 16 publishes School Psychology...

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 599.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Suggested Reading

  • Opipari-Arrigan, L., Stark, L., & Drotar, D. (2006). Benchmarks for work performance of pediatric psychologists. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31(6), 630–642.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Suggested Resources

  • American Psychological Association—www.apa.org: This is the official Webpage of the APA. Here can be found a variety of resources, departments, and information on the Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs, the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education, and guidelines for psychologists. For example, on the Kids and the Media webpage at http://www.apa.org/topics/topickidsmedia.html are book reviews, articles in the popular press and scientific journals, and APA resources about children and media such as TV and video games. Some of the many other APA website topics include anxiety, depression, sleep, learning and memory, race, stress, and testing issues.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.

    Julia Shaftel

Authors
  1. Julia Shaftel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Educational Psychology, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, U.S.A.

    Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology) (Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2010 Springer Science+Business Media LLC

About this entry

Cite this entry

Shaftel, J. (2010). American Psychological Association (APA). In: Clauss-Ehlers, C.S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71799-9_20

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71799-9_20

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-0-387-71798-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-0-387-71799-9

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation