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Applied psychology in Mexico
Author(s) -
Weiss Susan Pick,
DiazLoving Rolando
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1986.tb00961.x
Subject(s) - international psychology , context (archaeology) , community psychology , institution , psychology , psychological research , social science , history of psychology , critical psychology , mental health , asian psychology , sociology , social psychology , geography , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , archaeology
Two important issues must be made clear in the context of the development of psychology in Mexico. Psychology in general and applied psychology in particular are relatively new and fast‐growing fields of study in this country. In 1940, there were only six students registered in the Department of Psychology at the National University of Mexico (the largest institution both for teaching and research in this country), and the first research papers in what at the time could be considered applied psychology appeared in the 1950s (e.g. Días‐Guerrero, 1952, on the mental and social health of Mexicans living in the cities; and Gómez‐Robleda, 1959, on industrial psychology).