Psychology in Latin America : current status, challenges and perspectives / Rubén Ardila, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ardila, Rubén, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

Clinical health psychology.

Child psychology.

School psychology.

Developmental psychology.

Personality.

Social psychology.

Ethnopsychology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[Cham, Switzerland] : Springer, 2018.

Summary:

This contributed volume is a real "who is who" in Latin American psychology. Edited by the most prominent psychology researcher alive in the region, the book presents a comprehensive panorama of psychology in Latin America as a science, as a profession and as a way of improving the quality of life of individuals and communities. Despite its achievements, Latin American psychology is little known by the international psychological community. In order to fill this gap, Dr. Rubén Ardila has invited the most important researchers and practitioners in the region to present an overview of psychology as both a profession and a research field in Latin America in the following areas: · Scientific research · Professional issues · Clinical and health psychology · Developmental psychology · Educational and school psychology · Organizational and work psychology · Social psychology · Community psychology · Legal and forensic psychology Psychology in Latin America - Current Status, Challenges and Perspectives seeks to place Latin American psychology on the map of international psychology, and by doing so it aims to foster cooperation between researchers, practitioners and students from the region with its peers from all over the world.

Contents:

1 Panorama of psychology in Latin America / Rubén Ardila

2 Psychological research in Latin America: currrent and future perspectives / Germán Gutiérrez and Jesús Landeira-Fernández

3 The long road to the profession of psychologist / Hugo Klappenbach, Sebastián Vázquez-Ferrero, and Miguel Gallegos

4 Clinical psychology and health psychology / Héctor Fernández-Alvarez and Claudia Bregman

5 Developmental psychology in Latin America / Silvia H. Koller and Normanda Araujo De Morais

6 Educational and school psychology in Latin American countries: challenges and new possibilities / Maria Regina Maluf and Renan de Almeida Sargiani

7 Organizational/work psychology in Latin America / Jairo Eduardo Borges-Andrade, Erico Rentería Pérez, and Juan Pablo Toro

8 Psychological, sociological, and cultural social psychology in Latin America / Rolando Díaz Loving

9 Community psychology: a Latin American creation / Maritza Montero

10 Legal and forensic psychology in Latin America / Ángela Tapias

11 Current trends and perspectives / Reynaldo Alarcón.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319935682

9783319935683

OCLC:

1035507108