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Both versions are correct and as long as you keep it as short as necessary to distinguish both authors it's fine. For example take a look at some similar examples from "What’s in a Name? Authors Wi...
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Both versions are correct and as long as you keep it as short as necessary to distinguish both authors it's fine. For example take a look at some similar examples from ["What’s in a Name? Authors With the Same Surname" from *APA Style Blog* (27.02.2018)](https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2018/02/whats-in-a-name-authors-with-the-same-surname.html): >###Same Surname Within a Reference >Reference list entry: >Sue, D., Sue, D. W., Sue, D., & Sue, S. (2015). Understanding abnormal behavior (11th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning. > >In-text citation: >(Sue, Sue, Sue, & Sue, 2015) >###Different First Authors Share a Surname But Have Different Initials >Reference list entries: > >Jackson, D. (2018). Aesthetics and the psychotherapist's office. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74, 233–238. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22576 > >Jackson, M. C., Counter, P., & Tree, J. J. (2017). Face working memory deficits in developmental prosopagnosia: Tests of encoding limits and updating processes. Neuropsychologia, 106, 60–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.09.003 > >Nelson, B. D., Jackson, F., Amir, N., & Hajcak, G. (2017). Attention bias modification reduces neural correlates of response monitoring. Biological Psychology, 129, 103–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.08.059 > >In-text citations: >(D. Jackson, 2018) >(M. C. Jackson, Counter, & Tree, 2017) >(Nelson, Jackson, Amir, & Hajcak, 2017) >###Different First Authors Share a Surname and Initials >Reference list entries: > >Green, L. [Laura]. (2009). Morphology and literacy: Getting our heads in the game. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 40, 283–285. https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0091) > >Green, L. [Leonard], & Myerson, J. (2013). How many impulsivities? A discounting perspective. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 99, 3–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.1 > >In-text citations: >(Laura Green, 2009) >(Leonard Green & Myerson, 2013)