Incorrect: (We also administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI Beck, Steer, & Garbin, 1988), but those results are not reported here.)Ģ.Correct: (We also administered the Beck Depression Inventory, but those results are not reported here.).
Avoid parentheses within parentheses, or nested parentheses. Use brackets inside parentheses to create a double enclosure in the text. Although writers usually need only one set of parentheses or brackets at a time, for more complex material they may need an enclosure within an enclosure (referred to as a double enclosure in this post).įour guidelines govern how to use these punctuation marks together (or not) to handle double enclosures in an APA Style paper.ġ. Parentheses and brackets are used to enclose and set off material from the main text.
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