Praxis y Ética en Psicología Comunitaria: Representaciones sociales de usuarias y usuarios de programas comunitarios en la región metropolitana

Abstract

Chilean community psychology has undergone an evolution that has positioned it as a reference in the institutional practices of psychosocial intervention. This has involved the standardization of interventions, resulting in the abandonment of some of the founding precepts of the discipline, in a context lacking ethical indications for the field. As a way of outlining the current disciplinary practices and their ethical implications, social representations of professional practice between clients of Government and NGO social programs were investigated, through the realization of 4 participatory interviews with 32 clients. Discourse analysis tools were used. The results show a strong appreciation of the relationship between client and professional, a progressive strengthening from individual work, professional dependence, and a series of correct and incorrect actions as perceived by the client. © 2010 by Psykhe.