Social representations on Democracy in Latin American university students

Authors

  • José Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez Universidad Nacional de Colombia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8996-9736

    Doctor en Psicología. Profesor asociado de tiempo completo en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
    Dirección postal: Oficina 230, Edificio 212 Ciudad Universitaria, Carrera 30 #45-03, 111321 Bogotá, Colombia.
    Contacto: jiruizp@unal.edu.co.
  • Angélica Pineda-Silva Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de Xochimilco

    Maestra en estudios de género. Candidata a doctora de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco México.
    Dirección postal: 21 privada oriente entre 9 y 11 norte, Tapachula, Chiapas, México.
    Contacto: anpinedasilva@hotmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202102.009

Keywords:

Social representation, Democracy, Freedom, Justice, Equality

Abstract

The aim was to know the structure, basic cognitive schemes (BCS) and dimenssions on social representations of Democracy, in several Iberoamerican contexts. Non-randomized samples of university students from 5 countries: Colombia, El Salvador, Argentina, Perú and Spain, answered a task on word association about Democracy and BCS identification. In therms of results, “Liberty”, “Justice”, “Equality” and “Law” were the words concerning the central nucleus of “Democracy”. According BCS scores, democracy was a more central theme for Salvatorian students, and less central for Peruvians.

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Published

2021-07-21

How to Cite

Ruiz-Pérez, J. I., & Pineda-Silva, A. (2021). Social representations on Democracy in Latin American university students. Revista De Psicología, 39(2), 745–775. https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202102.009

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Vol. 39 No. 2 (2021)

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