To cite a test, scale, or inventory, provide a citation for its supporting literature (e.g., its manual, which may be an authored or edited book, or the journal article in which it was published).
If supporting literature is not available, it is also possible to cite the test itself and/or a database record for a test.
The title of a test, a scale, or an inventory should be capitalized using title case whenever it appears in a paper, even if the test title is italicize in the reference.
A test database name is included only for test database records.
Bartram, D., Brown, A., Fleck, S., Inceoglu, I., & Ward, K. (2006). OPQ32 Technical Manual. SHL Group, LTD.
Tellegen, A., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2011). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF): Technical Manual. Pearson.
Parenthetical citation: (Bartram et al, 2006; Tellegen & Ben-Porath, 2011)
Narrative citation: Bartram et al. (2006) and Tellegen and Ben-Porath (2011)
Project Implicit. (n.d.). Gender-Science IAT. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Parenthetical citation: (Project Implicit, n.d.)
Narrative citation: Project Implicit (n.d.)
Echezarraga, A., Las Hayas, C., González-Pinto, A. M., & Jones, S. (2017). Resilience Questionnaire for Bipolar Disorder (RBD, RTB) [Database record]. PsycTESTS. https://doi.org/10.1037/t65745-000
Pomales, M. (2014). Emotional, Cognitive and Moral Learning Behavior Scale (ECMLBS) (TC024421) [Database record]. ETS TestLink.
Parenthetical citations: (Echezarraga et al., 2017; Pomales, 2014)
Narrative citations: Echezarraga et al. (2017) and Pomales (2014)