El estilo APA como epistemología para la configuración del campo psicológico: un análisis temático
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.71112/n6083e42Palabras clave:
epistemología, American Psychological Association, investigación educativa, psicología, estandaresResumen
El estilo de escritura académica promovido por la American Psychological Association en
su Manual de Publicaciones ha tenido cada vez mayor influencia en la investigación social y
humana. Esta manera de comunicar no es neutral, sino que encapsula una epistemología
del campo psicológico estadounisense. El presente artículo documental con enfoque
cualitativo busca comprender cómo esta epistemología, desde sus estandares, se articula
con la configuración del campo psicológico. El objetivo fue comprender las implicaciones de
tal articulación. Se siguió el método descriptivo-interpretativo, que reveló cuatro temas
explicativos del fenómeno: estándares comunes, estándares cuantitativos, estándares
cualitativos y estándares mixtos. Los hallazgos informan que estos estándares fundamentan
y enaltecen el conocimiento psicológico de carácter empírico. La implicación del escrito
sugiere que el estilo de escritura propuesto por la APA refuerza la construcción del campo
psicológico, promoviendo una psicologización estructural de la actividad investigativa en
general.
Descargas
Referencias
American Psychological Association. (2025a). History of APA’s journal article reporting standards. https://apastyle.apa.org/jars/history
American Psychological Association. (2025b). Journal Article Reporting Standards for Race, Ethnicity, and Culture (JARS– REC). https://apastyle.apa.org/jars/race-ethnicity-culture
American Psychological Association. (2024). APA/APASI strategic plan. https://www.apa.org/about/apa/strategic-plan
American Psychological Association. (2021). Manual de publicaciones de la American Psychological Association (4a ed.; Remolina Gallego O. F., Trad.) Manual Moderno.
American Psychological Association. (2019). Supplemental resource on the ethic of transparency in JARS. https://apastyle.apa.org/jars/transparency
American Psychological Association. (2010). Manual de publicaciones de la American Psychological Association (3a ed.; Guerra Frías M., Trad.) Manual Moderno.
APA Publications and Communications Board Working Group on Journal Article Reporting Standards. (2008). Reporting standards for research in psychology: Why do we need them? What might they be? American Psychologist, 63(9), 839–851. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.63.9.839
Appelbaum, M., Cooper, H., Kline, R. B., Mayo-Wilson, E., Nezu, A. M., & Rao, S. M. (2018). Journal article reporting standards for quantitative research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report. American Psychologist, 73(1), 3–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000191
Appleby, D. C. (2014). A skills-based academic advising strategy for job-seeking psychology majors. En R. Miller & J. Irons (Eds.), Academic advising: A handbook for advisors and students, Models, students, topics, and issues (Vol. 1; pp. 143–156). https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/academic-advising-2014-vol1
Appleby, D. C. (2010). Why and how to write APAstyle citations in the body and reference section of your papers. Society for Teaching of Psychology. http://www.teachpsych.org/resources/Documents/otrp/resources/appleby10.pdf
Arias Chávez, D. y Cangalaya Sevillano, L. M. (2021). Investigar y escribir con APA 7. Editorial Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
Bangasser, D. A., Rozensky, R. H., Fowler, G. A., Kraha, A., Lopez, A. A., O'Connor, M., Worrell, F. C., & Kaslow, N. J. (2016). Psychology’s core knowledge, scientific subfields, and health service specialization: Preparing a competent workforce—recommendations from the Opening Doors Summit. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 10(2), 84–92. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000117
Bazerman, C. (1987). Codifying the social science style: The APA Publication Manual as behavioristic rhetoric. En Nelson, J. S. Megill, A. & McCloskey, D. N. (Eds.), The rhetoric of the human sciences (pp.125-144). University of Wisconsin Press.
Bentley, M. Peerenboom C. A., Hodge F. W., Passano E. B., Warren H. C. & M. F. Washburn (1929). Instructions in regard to preparation of manuscript. Psychological Bulletin, 26(2), 57-63. https:// https://doi.org/10.1037/h0071487
BonJour, L. (1985). The Structure of Empirical Knowledge. Harvard University Press.
Ciarocco, N. J., & Strohmetz, D. B. (2022). Teaching APA style: Missing the forest for the trees? Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 8(4), 399–403. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000304
Cooper, H. M. (2020). Reporting Quantitative Research in Psychology: How to Meet APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards. American Psychological Association.
Cooper, H. M. (2011). Reporting research in psychology: How to meet journal article reporting standards. American Psychological Association.
DeMarrais, K., Roulston, K. & Copple, J. (2024). Qualitative Research Design & Methods, an Introduction. Myers Education Press.
Evans, A. C. Jr. (2024, Abril 1). APA aims to represent the interests of all of psychology. Monitor on Psychology, 55(3). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/04/apa-represents-all-psychology
Elliot, R. & Timulak, L. (2021). Essentials of Descriptive-Interpretative Qualitative Research, a Generic Approach. American Psychological Association.
Green, C. D., & Cautin, R. L. (2017). 125 years of the American Psychological Association. American Psychologist, 72(8), 722–736. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000208
Häder, M. (2022). Empirical Social Research, an Introduction. Springer.
Herman, E. (1995). The Romance of American Psychology. Political Culture in the Age of Experts. University of California Press.
Hook, J. H., Davis, D. E. & Tongeren D. R. van (2024). The Complete Researcher. A Practical Guide for Graduate Students and Early Career Professionals. American Psychological Association.
Kazak, A. E. (2018). Editorial: Journal article reporting standards. American Psychologist, 73(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000263
Landrum, R. E. (2021). Undergraduate writing in psychology: Learning to tell the scientific story (3a. ed.). American Psychological Association.
Landrum, R. E. (2013). Writing in APA style: Faculty perspectives of competence and importance. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 12(3), 259–265. https://doi.org/10.2304/plat.2013.12.3.259
Levitt, H. M. (2020). Reporting Qualitative Research in Psychology: How to Meet APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards. American Psychological Association.
Levitt, H. M., Bamberg, M., Creswell, J. W., Frost, D. M., Josselson, R., & Suárez-Orozco, C. (2018). Journal article reporting standards for qualitative primary, qualitative meta-analytic, and mixed methods research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report. American Psychologist, 73(1), 26–46. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000151
MacDonald, M. C. (2013). How language production shapes language form and comprehension. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 226. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00226
Madigan, R, Johnson, S & Linton, P. (1995). The Language of Psychology: APA Style as a Epistemology. American Psychologist, 50(6), 428-436. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.50.6.428
Novack, G. (2005). El empirismo-pragmatismo. Crítica de la trayectoria de una filosofía dominante (Agular Mora, M. Trad.). Fontamara (Texto original publicado en 1971).
Pickren, W. E. & Rutherford, A. (2018). Challenges to the American Psychological Association and Paths to the Future. En Pickren, W. E. & Rutherford, A. (Eds.). 125 Years of the American Psychological Association (pp.295-320). American Psychological Association.
Sizemore, O. J., & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2009). Learning might not equal liking: Research methods course changes knowledge but not attitudes. Teaching of Psychology, 36, 90–95. https://doi.org/10 .1080/00986280902739727
Sokal, M. M. (2018). Origins and Early Years of the American Psychological Association: 1890-to 1906. En Pickren, W. E. & Rutherford, A. (Eds.). 125 Years of the American Psychological Association (pp.41-68). American Psychological Association.
Terry, G. & Hayfield, N. (2021). Essentials of Thematic Analysis. American Psychological Association.
Tight, M. (2019). Documentary Research in the Social Sciences. SAGE.
VandenBos, G. R. (2017). From print to digital (1985–2015): APA’s evolving role in psychological publishing. American Psychologist, 72(8), 837–847. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000229
Publicado
Número
Sección
Licencia
Derechos de autor 2025 Javier Alejandro Díaz Rodríguez (Autor/a)
Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución 4.0.
