The basic block-unit of textual information
This element does not have to be a well-formed paragraph as defined in high school English class, i.e., “a block of text representing a single idea, typographically differentiated from its neighbors”. Rather, the element <p> is a block (as opposed to inline) structural unit which may be only a few words in length.
(#PCDATA | ext-link | related-article | inline-supplementary-material | address | array | graphic | preformat | disp-formula | mixed-citation | bold | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | award-id | funding-source | open-access | alternatives | inline-graphic | def-list | list | mml:math | ack | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group | fn | target | xref | sub | sup)*
Any combination of:
<abstract>, <ack>, <annotation>, <app>, <app-group>, <author-notes>, <bio>, <body>, <boxed-text>, <caption>, <def>, <disp-quote>, <fig>, <fn>, <list-item>, <notes>, <open-access>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <speech>, <statement>, <supplementary-material>, <trans-abstract>
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<article-meta>
<article-id pub-id-type="apaID">pst_45_3_281</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1037/a0013305</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="pi-uid">2008-13167-001</article-id>
<article-categories>...</article-categories>
...
<fpage>281</fpage>
<lpage>297</lpage>
<permissions copyright-status="active">
<copyright-statement>Copyright 2008 by the American Psychological Association</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2008</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>American Psychological Association</copyright-holder>
</permissions>
<abstract xml:lang="en">
<p align="left">The authors examined immediacy (i.e., discussions
about the here-and-now therapeutic relationship) in ...</p></abstract>
<kwd-group xml:lang="en">
<kwd>immediacy</kwd>
<kwd>therapeutic relationship</kwd>
<kwd>psychotherapy process</kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
...
<article structure-type="article" dtd-version="0.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <front>...</front> <body> <sec id="S-1"> <p align="left">Therapist immediacy, which we defined as disclosures within ...</p> ... </sec> <sec id="S-2"> <title>Empirical Studies Related to Therapist Immediacy</title> <p align="left">A few studies have been conducted that point to the effectiveness of immediacy ...</p> ... </sec> ... </body> ... </article>
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