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Revista Interamericana de psicologia/Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Publication date: 2016-01-01
Volume: 50 Pages: 23 - 31
Publisher: Sociedad Interamericana de Psicología

Author:

Winkler, María Inés
Velázquez, Tesania ; Rivera Holguin, Miryam ; Castillo, Teresita ; Rodríguez, Alicia ; Ayala, Nelly

Keywords:

1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, 5201 Applied and developmental psychology, 5203 Clinical and health psychology, 5205 Social and personality psychology

Abstract:

The present article includes preliminary results of five Latin American countries, participating in the research project “Ethics and training in community psychology (CP). Its general objective was to identify and analyze the ethical component in CP ́s teaching, based on the review of 157 CP and similar courses in psychology programs, in the countries where this project is carried out. The results suggest that, despite the differences between universities and countries, CP is offered frequentlyincludingfieldwork, though with little explicitdiscussionof the ethical component. This among other preliminary findings reinforces the importance of studying this issue in greater depthand wideningits scope