APA & APA Style / Format What is APA ? Full Form of APA – American Psychological Association. The APA was founded in July 1892 at Clark University. The first president was G. Stanley Hall. What is APA Style/Format? APA Style is a Writing Style and Format for Academic Documents such as scholarly journal articles and books. It is commonly used for citing sources within the field of Behavioral and Social Sciences. The APA became involved in Journal Publishing in 1923. The 1st Edition of the APA Publication Manual was published in 1952 The initial edition went through Two Revisions: one in 1957, and one in 1967 Subsequent editions were released in - 1974 (2nd Edition of APA Style/Format) 1983 (3rd Edition of APA Style/Format) 1994 (4th Edition of APA Style/Format) 2001 (5th Edition of APA Style/Format) 2009 (6th Edition of APA Style/Format) 2019 (7th Edition of APA Style/Format & Current )