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Psychology: Associations & Data Sources
This guide highlights library and internet resources relevant to counseling and psychology at Grand Canyon University, including online article databases, electronic books, and more.
Professional Associations
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry This link opens in a new windowThe mission of AACAP is to promote the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through research, training, prevention, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment and to meet the professional needs of child and adolescent psychiatrists throughout their careers.
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy This link opens in a new windowThe American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy. We represent the professional interests of more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.
- American Counseling Association This link opens in a new windowA not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession.
- American Psychological Association This link opens in a new windowThe American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States.
- American Society of Addiction Medicine This link opens in a new windowASAM supports the treatment of addiction by working to increase access to and improve addiction treatment, educate medical professionals and the public about addiction, and support research on addiction treatment and prevention.
- Association for Applied Sport Psychology This link opens in a new windowFounded in 1986, the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) promotes the development of science and ethical practice in the field of sport psychology.
- Association for Psychological Science This link opens in a new windowA nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national and international level. The Association’s mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare.
- International Nurses Society on Addiction This link opens in a new windowIntNSA is a professional society dedicated to support the work of nurses in the addiction disorder field including alcohol and other drug dependencies, nicotine dependencies, eating disorders, dual and multiple diagnosis, and process addictions.
- NAADAC (National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors) - The Association for Addiction Professionals This link opens in a new windowNAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, represents the professional interests of more than 85,000 addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals in the United States, Canada and abroad. An important part of the healthcare continuum, NAADAC members and its 47 state affiliates work to create healthier individuals, families and communities through prevention, intervention, quality treatment and recovery support.
- National Board for Certified Counselors This link opens in a new windowNBCC’s original and primary purposes are to establish and monitor a national certification system, to identify those counselors who have voluntarily sought and obtained certification, and to maintain a register of those counselors.
- Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology This link opens in a new windowThe premier membership organization for those practicing and teaching I-O psychology. I-O (Industrial-organizational) psychology is the scientific study of the workplace.
Statistics & Data Sources
- Data, Outcomes, and Quality This link opens in a new windowMental health statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This link opens in a new windowStats on mental health.
- National Institute of Mental Health This link opens in a new windowStatistics on the prevalence, treatment, and costs of mental disorders, as well as sections on mental health-related disability and on suicide.
- National Addiction & HIV Data Archive This link opens in a new windowThe National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program acquires, preserves and disseminates data relevant to drug addiction and HIV research.
Statista Statistical Database
What's in Statista?
- Statistics: Over 1,000,000 statistics.
- Forecasts & surveys: 5-year forecasts on hot topics and exclusive surveys among consumers and experts.
- Infographics: Easy and appealing visualization of topical events.
- Topics: Over 80,000 topics are the ideal starting point for your research.
- Studies & reports: Studies database containing over 32,000 external studies.
- Digital Market Outlook: Detailed analyses and in-depth evaluations for various digital markets.
- Consumer Market Outlook: Detailed analyses and in-depth evaluations for the consumer goods sector.
- Companies: Company database for over 5,000 companies.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista is a global multi-disciplinary data platform that provides fast access to downloadable statistics on 80,000 topics, 41,000 vetted third party reports, market/industry research, country/industry reports, and much more.
How to Filter by Content Type
- Once you have search results, you can filter to a specific type of resource by clicking on the more filters option and choosing it on the menu:
How to Improve Search Results
- The Statista search understands the use of "quotes" to keep words together as a phrase.
- An asterisk * can be used as a wildcard at the end or beginning of words to search multiple forms:
- For example *ballsearches football, basketball, and so on.
- There are two quick filters at the top after a search, Sort Byand Regional Focus.
- Sort by orders the results by relevance, date, or popularity.
- Regional focus moves items from your country higher in the search results.
- Regional focus can be off or you can select one from the menu.
- Additional filters are in the side menu after you search, below the content types.
- Statista does not use OR or AND or NOT as operators within the search box.
- Searches default to the use of AND when there is a space between terms in the search, returning only results that match on all entered terms. Changing search accuracyto Wide changes AND to OR, which then will match documents on any one term entered.
- Changing search accuracy to high searches only the most highly relevant items and searches only for items that match on all entered terms.
- You can also limit to a specific year.
- You can limit to a particular country or region.
How to Change Statistic Visualizations
- On most statistics you can change the chart type.
- Click the gear to the side of the chart.
- Select the type you need from the displayed choices, such as line graph, bar chart, or a data table.
- You can then download the chart for use in your paper under Download. Many graphs will allow you to download them as images.
Citing From Statista
- Some articles, particularly topic overviews, will have listed authors.
- Individual statistics will list a source. Use the source as the author.
- Individual statistics have a citation helper that is not updated for APA 7.
- All other documents, such as the dossiers and reports, that do not list other authors or sources, will be cited with Statista as the author.
- Statista publishes original content, so the database is listed when not the author.
- Label all images you are citing with a content type label in [brackets].
Examples:
Articles With Individual Authors:
Guttman, A. (2019, January 22). Influencer marketing: Statistics & facts. Statista Database .
Individual Statistics From Other Sources:
ThinkNow. (2019, October). Share of online users in the United States who say they pay attention to recommendations from social media influencers as of April 2019, by age group [Graph]. Statista Database .
- The stats author can be found under Source:
Dossiers & Other Documents:
Statista. (2020). Influencer marketing. Article did-28362-1.
- The dossiers have article numbers at the bottom of the download page.
- The date is also there.
