For in-text citations sources with three or more authors can be abbreviated to Author et.

How to reference multiple authors apa in text. APA Manual p266 Section 817. Three or More Authors. Gass Varonis 1984 Three or.

If in press is used for the year place dash between press and relevant letter eg. For a work with two authors include both authors last names in every in-text citation whether narrative or parenthetical. Place in-text reference before the full stop eg.

This video is based on the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Commas separate author names. Author last names and initials are followed by the date of publication enclosed in parentheses.

Use the word and between the authors names within the text and use the ampersand in parentheses. For single page pp. 1st Author 2nd Author Year Published Curtis Williams 2020.

If a document has three or more authors simply provide the last name of the first author with et al from the first citation to the last. Field 2005 Two authors. 164 or Lewis 2016 pp.

2017 likened abnormal psychology to. For all sources with three to twenty authors you must write out all of the authors on the References page. When using multiple authors names as part of your narrative rather than in parentheses always spell out the word and.