Western Psychological Association

Western Psychological Association
Formation1921
TypeLearned society
Legal status501c3
PurposePsychological research
Location
Region
Western United States
Membership (1962)
1,917
President
Christina Maslach
President-elect
Heidi R. Riggio
Past president
Laura Freburg
AffiliationsAmerican Psychological Association
Websitewesternpsych.org

The Western Psychological Association (abbreviated WPA) is an American learned society dedicated to the study of psychology and other behavioral sciences.[1] It is a regional association focused on the Western United States, and is affiliated with the American Psychological Association.[2] It promotes psychological research through an annual conference, which it has held since its founding, and where psychologists read their research papers to one another.[3] Reports from these conferences were originally published in Psychological Bulletin starting in 1924, and are now published in American Psychologist.[4][5]

  1. ^ "About WPA". WPA Web Site. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  2. ^ "Regional Psychological Associations". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada. National Academies. 1899. p. 357.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference cambridge was invoked but never defined (see the help page).