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What is wrong with the following in-text citations

1 . In the new vision for personality psychology there is an emphasis on the study of the personality system itself (Mayer , 2005

The use of direct quotations necessitates the provision of the author name , year and specific page number of the citation . The page number is omitted in this citation . There has to be a page number after the year as in Mayer , 2005 ,

p 2 . Part of the reason for this apparent inconsistency may be the ambiguity in the conceptualization of social support

(McNally Newman 1999 Glass , Mendes de Leon , Seeman Berkman , 1997

Works by different authors have to be alphabetized using the last name of the first author . Glass , Mendes de Leon , Seeman Berkman , 1997 has to come before McNally Newman , 1999

3 . Other studies replicating this association between social ties and mortality risk also identified men as more vulnerable to poor outcomes of social isolation (House , et al , 1982

There is an unnecessary use of a comma after the author 's last name House . It has to be House et al , 1982

4 . In fact , perceived support is correlated with self-esteem and attitudes , providing evidence for this perspective (Lakey Cassady 1990

There is a necessary use of a comma after the authors ' last names . It has to be Lakey Cassady , 1990

5 . Perceived support is a subjective indicator of the amount of support appraised to be available by the individual as well as satisfaction with the availability of support (Wethington and Kessler , 1986

An ampersand ' has to be used instead of and ' in the authors last names , Wethington and Kessler . It has to be Wethington Kessler 1986

6 . However , in addition to this evidence of positive outcomes of perceived support , some studies show no relation between perceived support and physical health (Cornman et . al , 2003

There is an unnecessary use of a period ' for et ' in et al . It has to be Cornman et al , 2003

7 . An extensive review of the literature also concluded that widowhood is related to a higher mortality risk , especially for men (Helsing Szklo , 1981

The use of a comma after the author 's last name , Helsing , is unnecessary . It has to be Helsing Szklo , 1981

What is wrong with the following references

8 . Antonucci , Taylor C , Akiyama , Hiroko Lansford , John . E (1998 Negative effects of close social relations . Family Relations , 47 379-384

Hiroko has no middle initial next to it the use of a period after Hiroko is unnecessary . The journal name and volume number have to be italicized , Family Relations , 47

9 . Berkman , L . M Syme , S . L (1979 . Social networks , host resistance and mortality : A nine-year follow-up study of Alameda County residents American Journal of

Epidemiology , 109 , 186-204

There has to be a comma after M . in Berkman , L . M . The journal name and volume number have to be italicized as in American Journal of Epidemiology , 109

10 . Brown , S . L , Nesse , R . M , Vinokur , A . D Smith , D . M...