Psicología y política social en Latinoamérica: análisis de referencias utilizadas en producción científica

It aims to discuss the role of knowledge produced in Latin American continent for scientific production of Psychology in social policies. A bibliographic documental research was carried out and 1,024 references were analyzed from 34 articles collected on Redalyc database using key-words related to social policy theme and produced by Latin American researchers. Descriptive statistical analyzes on these data identified relationships and patterns of occurrence. As a result, most of references were published from the first decades of 2000 (70.2%). References were published in Portuguese (43%), Spanish (41%), English (15%) and French (1%). The predominant types of reference were books and chapters (47%), articles and scientific journals (37%). 70% of the references are by Latin American authorship. There are 11 authors cited in more than 15% of the sample and of these, 6 were mentioned 10 or more times, in 5 or more different articles, revealing dominance in the scientific field. It is concluded that Psychology produces knowledge about social policies based on the Latin American reality and, even requiring greater investment and overcoming challenges, recognizes the importance of understanding social policies, enhanced by regional articulation.