La psicología peruana a través de los veinte años de la Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología

Abstract

Using the cumulative index (1969-88) of the Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, the most important Latín American psychological joumal founded in 1969, the authors studied the scientific productivity of Peruvian psychologists, considering also the thematic orientation. With a total of 482 contributions published betweeen 1969 and 1988 in the joumal, 31 (6.43%) papers were authoretl by Peruvians. The period 1978-82 shows an incrrased productivity of them (in 1980, the joumal devoted an special issue to psychology in Peru). Peruvian psychologists work predominanúy on topics referred to social and developmental psychology. The thematic spectrum of scientific; production is not so wide. There are only 11 areas, from 23 considered in the index with peruvian works.