Abortion
Bullying
Community Policing
- Racial and ethnic bias/profiling in law enforcement and security activities
- Resolution on psychology’s role in addressing the impact of, and change required with, police use of excessive force against people of color and other marginalized communities in the United States (PDF, 210KB)opens in new window
Cultural Sensitivity
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Ethnic minority education
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Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, and Intersectionality
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Resolution on culture and gender awareness in international psychology
- Resolution on promoting global perspectives in U.S. psychology
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Resolution on racism and racial discrimination: A policy statement in support of the goals of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance
- Resolution recommending the retirement of American Indian mascots, symbols, images, and personalities by schools, colleges, universities, athletic teams and organizations (PDF, 61KB)opens in new window
Discrimination
- Affirmative action and equal opportunity
- APA resolution on advancing health equity in psychology (PDF, 100KB)opens in new window
- Apology to people of color for APA’s role in promoting, perpetuating, and failing to challenge racism, racial discrimination and human hierarchy in U.S. (PDF, 117KB)opens in new window
- Discrimination against homosexuals
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Full participation for psychologists with disabilities (PDF, 83KB)opens in new window
- Guidelines for avoiding sexism in psychological research
- Guidelines on physical and social accessibility
- Policy on using laws that criminalize consensual adult sexual behaviors as criteria in selecting convention sites
- Prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination (PDF, 99KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on ageism (PDF, 128KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on antisemitism
- Resolution on gender identity change efforts (PDF, 106KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on harnessing psychology to combat racism: Adopting a uniform definition and understanding (PDF, 95KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on opposing discriminatory laws, policies, and practices aimed at LGBTQ+ persons (PDF, 127KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on psychology’s role in addressing the impact of, and change required with, police use of excessive force against people of color and other marginalized communities in the United States (PDF, 210KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on religious, religion-based and/or religion-derived prejudice (PDF, 52KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on sexual orientation change efforts (PDF, 223KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on stigma and discrimination against people with serious mental illness and severe emotional disturbance
- Role of psychology and the American Psychological Association in dismantling systemic racism against people of color in the United States (PDF, 192KB)opens in new window
Diversity
- Affirmative action and equal opportunity
- APA policy statement on the benefits of inclusivity to psychology and higher education
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APA resolution on racism and racial discrimination: A policy statement in support of the goals of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance
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Ethnic minority education
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Multicultural guidelines: An ecological approach to context, identity, and intersectionality
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Racial and ethnic bias/profiling in law enforcement and security activities
- Resolution in support of ethnic minority training in psychology
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Resolution on attracting ethnic minority students to the study of psychology
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Resolution on culture and gender awareness in international psychology
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Resolution on enhancing diversity in APA
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Resolution on ethnic minority recruitment and retention
- Resolution on harnessing psychology to combat racism: Adopting a uniform definition and understanding (PDF, 95KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on the use of multiple indicators for admissions to graduate programs in psychology
- Three-year trial of having four ethnic minority associations as observers to council
Gun Violence
Homelessness
Human Rights
- 2019 APA immigration and refugee policy statement (PDF, 50KB)opens in new window
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- APA policy statement on reaffirming APA’s commitment to human rights and freedom of expression
- APA resolution on immigrant children, youth and families
- APA resolution on U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and the convention's optional protocols
- Employment rights of gay teachers
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Final report of the APA task force on human rights (PDF, 354KB)opens in new window
- Opposition to torture
- Policy related to psychologists' work in national security settings and reaffirmation of the APA position against torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment
- Policy statement on reaffirming APA's commitment to justice, human rights, fairness and dignity
- Psychological treatment in prison settings
- Psychologists who are political refugee s
- Resolution against genocide (PDF, 77KB)opens in new window
- Resolution against torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment (PDF, 167KB)opens in new window
- Resolution in support of the U.N. Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
- Resolution on APA, psychology, and human rights (PDF, 153KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on the free and responsible practice of science, freedom of movement of scientists, and APA international engagement
- Support for the rights of psychologists in other countries
- United Nations convention on the rights of the child
- Violence against children by governments
Immigration
- 2019 APA immigration and refugee policy statement (PDF, 50KB)opens in new window
- APA immigration and refugee policy statement (PDF, 49KB)opens in new window
- APA policy statement on immigrant health
- APA resolution on immigrant children, youth, and families
- APA resolution on the psychological and developmental impacts of immigration-related enforcement, detention, and forced deportation
Political Dissent
Race
- Affirmative action and equal opportunity
- APA guidelines on race and ethnicity in psychology
- APA resolution on advancing health equity in psychology (PDF, 100KB)opens in new window
- APA resolution on harnessing psychology to combat racism: Adopting a uniform definition and understanding (PDF, 94KB)opens in new window
- APA resolution on racism and racial discrimination: A policy statement in support of the goals of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance
- Apology to people of color for APA’s role in promoting, perpetuating, and failing to challenge racism, racial discrimination and human hierarchy in U.S. (PDF, 117KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on psychology’s role in addressing the impact of, and change required with, police use of excessive force against people of color and other marginalized communities in the United States (PDF, 210KB)opens in new window
- Role of psychology and the American Psychological Association in dismantling systemic racism against people of color in the United States (PDF, 192KB)opens in new window
Religion
Schools
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Comprehensive and coordinated psychological services for children: A call for service integration (PDF, 1.1MB)opens in new window
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Corporal punishment
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Employment rights of gay teachers
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Guidelines for engaging in the contractual provision of psychological services in schools
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Impact of elementary and secondary zero tolerance policies
- Resolution on campus sexual assault (PDF,1MB)opens in new window
- Resolution on school drop-out prevention (PDF, 22KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on supporting sexual/gender diverse children and adolescents in schools (PDF, 427KB)opens in new window
- Special education and related services for children with conduct disorders
- Supervisors for psychological services in schools
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Orientation and Gender
- Guidelines for avoiding sexism in psychological research
- Policy statement on affirming evidence-based inclusive care for transgender, gender diverse, and nonbinary individuals, addressing misinformation, and the role of psychological practice and science
- Resolution on gender identity change efforts (PDF, 106KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on opposing discriminatory laws, policies, and practices aimed at LGBTQ+ persons (PDF, 127KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on sexual orientation change efforts (PDF, 223KB)opens in new window
Socioeconomic Status
Violence/Trauma/Abuse
- APA task force report on violent video games (PDF, 284KB)opens in new window
- Bullying among children and youth (PDF, 40KB)opens in new window
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Corporal punishment
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Guidelines for psychological evaluations in child protection matters
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Guidelines on trauma competencies for education and training (PDF, 527KB)opens in new window
- Individual, collective, and intergenerational trauma recovery: Considering the restorative roles of restitution and reparations
- Opposition to torture
- Resolution on campus sexual assault (PDF, 99.5KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on emancipating and assisting victims of human trafficking
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Resolution on families of incarcerated offenders
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Resolution on firearm violence research and prevention
- Resolution on Human Trafficking in the United States, Especially of Women and Girls
- Resolution On Male Violence Against Women
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Resolution on physical discipline of children by parents (PDF, 82KB)opens in new window
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Resolution on psychological issues related to child abuse and neglect
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Resolution on terrorism
- Resolution on violent video games (PDF, 60KB)opens in new window
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Resolution opposing child sexual abuse
- Urban Life and Residence
- Violence against children by governments
Workplace Issues
- APA resolution on developmental risks and opportunities in adolescent employment
- APA resolution to oppose mental health screening questions on character and fitness examinations for licensure to practice law
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Guidelines for integrating the role of work and career into professional psychology practice (PDF, 293KB)opens in new window
- Psychology’s understanding of the challenges related to the COVID-19 global pandemic in the United States (PDF, 250KB)opens in new window
- Report of the APA study panel on workforce analysis in psychology (PDF, 278KB)opens in new window