Trends in Latin American Psychology

Wilson López-López is the editor-in-chief of Universitas Psychologica and a professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. He holds a PhD in Basic and social psychology from Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and a Master’s degree in Socioeconomic planning from Universidad Santo Tomás, Colombia. He has been awarded the Iberoamerican Psychology award (2024) by the Federación Iberoamericana de Agrupaciones y Colegios de Psicología (FIAP). His main areas of research of interest are peace psychology, the voice and theories of the people and the media on social dynamics and conflicts, and scientific communication.Hernán Camilo Pulido-Martínez is a professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. He holds a PhD in Psychology from Cardiff University, UK, and a master’s degree in communication and culture from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. He has been awarded the Lifetime achievement award (2023) by the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. His main areas of research are critical psychology, interrelations between psychology and work, psychologization of society, history and internationalization of psychology and social studies of psychology.Irene Giovanni-Aguilar is a professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. She holds a PhD in Humanities from Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. Her main areas of research are peace education, clinical psychology, systemic-constructionist work, peacebuilding studies, collaborative methodologies and dialogic practices, mental health, Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), and domestic violence.

• Part I - Social and Community Psychology.- Chapter 1: Introduction to Part I - Social and Community Psychology.- Chapter 2: For a Non-Constructionist Critical Social Psychology: Reflections from the Crtitical Realism of Ignacio Martín-Baró.- Chapter 3: Factors that Facilitate and Hinder the Reintegration Processes of Former Combatants and their Families.- Chapter 4: Revisiting Social Class in the Study of Collective Action: The Case of a Chilean Socio-Environmental Movement.- Chapter 5: Dimensions of Social Integration in Colombian and Cuban Population Living in Quito, Ecuador.- Chapter 6: Ethnic Identity and Social Behaviors in Mapuche Indigenous Adolescents Sanctioned by the Juvenile Criminal Responsibility Law in Southern Regions of Chile.- Part II – Education, Cognition and Developmental Psychology.- Chapter 7: Introduction to Part II – Education, Cognition and Developmental Psychology.- Chapter 8: The Role of the Coach in Teaching Life Skills to Young Brazilians At-Risk of Social Vulnerability.- Chapter 9: Towards a Critical Psychosocial Approach to School Violence: Contributions from a Study with Students from the City of Córdoba, Argentina.- Chapter 10: Control Paths and Covariation of Variables as an Expression of Cognitive Change in Problem Solving.- Chapter 11: Characterization of Care Practices in Colombian Families with Children in Early Childhood in a Situation of Forced Displacement.- Chapter 12: Perceptions of Parenting Styles and Their Relationship to Self-Perceptions of Children in Buenos Aires: Gender Differences.- Part III – Neuropsychology, Clinical and Health Psychology.- Chapter 13: Introduction to Part III – Neuropsychology, Clinical and Health Psychology.- Chapter 14: Influence of Sex, Age, and Culture on Coping Strategies of Paraguayan and Mexican Adolescents.- Chapter 15: Implementation of the Psychological Intervention Program in Resilience for Informal Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia PIRCA.- Chapter 16: Suicidal Ideation and Peer Group: Analysis in a Sample of Venezuelan Adolescents.- Chapter 17: Analysis of the Perception of Static and Dynamic Events in People with Alzheimer’s Disease.