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One Source/One Author
Despite these challenges, continued research examining guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation interventions within group psychotherapy is warranted (Scherwitz , 2005).
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Scherwitz (2005), suggests continued research examining guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation interventions within group psychotherapy is warranted.
One Source/Two Authors
For example, Cohen and Fried (2007) examined the effect of group psychotherapy on 114 women diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Some researchers have examined the effect of group psychotherapy on women diagnosed with breast cancer (Cohen & Fried, 2007).
One Source/Three or more Authors
The research supports the existence of immediate and long-term positive effects of guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation delivered in group psychotherapy (Baider et al., 2017).
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Baider et al. (2017), show the existence of immediate and long-term positive effects of guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation delivered in group psychotherapy.
Multiple Sources
Combinations of relaxation training techniques, including guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation, have been shown to improve psychiatric and medical symptoms when delivered in a group psychotherapy context (Bottomley, 1996; Cunningham & Tocco, 1989).
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Combinations of relaxation training techniques, including guided imagery (Bottomley, 1996) and progressive muscle relaxation (Cunningham & Tocco, 1989), have been shown to improve psychiatric and medical symptoms when delivered in a group psychotherapy context.
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If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the signal phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses. Titles of books and reports are italicized; titles of articles, chapters, and web pages are in quotation marks. APA style calls for capitalizing important words in titles when they are written in the text (but not when they are written in reference lists).
A similar study was done of students learning to format research papers (“Social Anxiety,” n.d.).
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If the author is an organization or a government agency, mention the organization in the signal phrase or in the parenthetical citation the first time you cite the source, just as you would an individual person.
According to the Disabled American Veterans (n.d.),…
