Abstract

CORDOVA-GONZALES, Luis Alberto  and  FRANCO-MENDOZA, Josué Michael. Effects of an APA Standards workshop on knowledge and attitudes towards APA style in university students. Revista de Psicologia [online]. 2022, n.27, pp.167-188. ISSN 2223-3032.  https://doi.org/10.53287/pqhi3429hc49k.

The aim of the study was to determine the effects of an APA Standards workshop on the knowledge and attitudes towards its style, in students of the psychology faculty of a public university in Lima. A total of 102 students between 17 and 24 years of age participated, divided into 2 groups: experimental (n = 54) and control (n = 58). The study followed a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design, implementing a 4-session workshop for students in the experimental group, taking measurements before and after the workshop in both groups. The instruments used were the APA Style Attitude Scale and the Style Knowledge Test, constructed for the purposes of the research, previously going through the analysis of their psychometric properties in a parallel group of 200 characteristically similar students. The parallel results evidenced adequate psychometric properties on the measurement instruments, based on the evidence of content validity (V = .83-1.00), confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency indicators by means of the Omega coefficient. Regarding the workshop, favorable evidence was obtained in the knowledge of APA norms (p = .03, eta = .401) and attitudes towards their style (p = .004, eta = .436) in general and by components in the experimental group, with moderate effects. It is concluded that the 4-session workshop was effective and it is recommended to apply it in similar populations, as long as the teacher has the pedagogical skills and knowledge about APA StyleKey words: APA Style, attitudes towards APA Style, knowledge of APA Style, university students, APA norms workshop

Keywords : Attitudes towards APA Style; Knowledge in APA style; APA style; University students; APA norms workshop.

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