Contributions of social representation theory to Ibero-American psychology: a documentary analysis in Scielo

The Theory of Social Representations, proposed by Serge Moscovici in 1961, is a milestone in understanding social thought. This study analyzed 285 abstracts from Ibero-American psychology journals available in the SciELO database, processed with the IRAMuTeQ software. Five thematic classes were iden...

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Autores: Barbosa, Ana Clotilde Coutinho, Lins, Samuel Lincoln Bezerra, Leal, Tatiana Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/31429
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/31429
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:representação social
Iberoamérica
SciELO
IRaMuTeQ
representaciones sociales
SciELO,
IRAMuTeQ
teoría de representaciones sociales
Ibero-America
social representation theory
social representations
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Resumo:The Theory of Social Representations, proposed by Serge Moscovici in 1961, is a milestone in understanding social thought. This study analyzed 285 abstracts from Ibero-American psychology journals available in the SciELO database, processed with the IRAMuTeQ software. Five thematic classes were identified within two main axes: the first addresses methodological aspects, Class 1 (analysis techniques and software) and Class 2 (sample characteristics); the second concerns the development of studies on Social Representations, Class 3 (family-related themes), Class 4 (health themes), and Class 5 (contents of Moscovici’s Theory). It was found that IRAMuTeQ structured classes consistent with the abstracts and highlighted the predominance of Moscovici’s theoretical