Doris Céspedes Alvarado Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract This document presents a brief journey through the history of the Costa Rican Magazine of Psychology, official organ of the School of Psychologists of Costa Rica. The different stages which the Magazine went through are included, its limits and achievements, until its indexing and is reached and… Read more »
Posts By: Josué Leiva
Contributions to the Formation of “Human Resource” in Health: the Case of the Psychologists
Ovide Menin Piaty Universidad Nacional del Rosario Abstract The document that next is exposed, makes reference to history of the formation of the professional in psychology like human resource within the health processes, concept that has been used erroneously and in health it has an ideological load difficult to surpass. It has been questioned… Read more »
About the Investigation and the Publication of Results in Scientific Magazines. The Case of the Psychology Applied to the Study of the Demand of Drugs in Costa Rica
Julio Bejarano Orozco Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia (IAFA), Costa Rica Abstract The present article presents some of the reflections on scientific publications in Psychology, its limited development in Costa Rica, some achivements and limits of the investigative undertaking and the importancy of publications of the Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (IAFA spanish… Read more »
The Importance of the Elaboration of High Quality Cientific Paper
Saray Córdoba González Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract Herewith there are some of the reasons that authors have to write scientific papers according to international standards, originality and rigour principles. One of the actions to improve papers quality is to involve them in a peer review process. Costa Rican contributions on the field of Psychology… Read more »
Some Challenges for Psychology in Costa Rica in Building Cultures of Peace
Abelardo Brenes Brenes Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract This essay argues that Psychology in Costa Rica is facing a fundamental challenge with respect to whether it can contribute to defining the future path of national development through pro-active reflection and dialogue. It also argues that the Colegio Profesional de Psicólogos de Costa Rica has been… Read more »
Psychology, Masculinity and Working with Men
José Manuel Salas Calvo Instituto WEM, Costa Rica Abstract The article discusses about the role of Psychology, as a normative science, in the general reflection related to the condition of gender, in special the masculine. After meditating about such a condition and its implications of the hegemonic masculinity for men and wome’s life, whith emphasis on… Read more »
Theoretical Approaches in Strategic Human Resource Management: The Resource-Based View
Tómas Vargas Halabí Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract This article reviews the origins, fundaments and currents developments of Resource Based View. Its implications for the Strategic Management and Human Resource Management are discussed, as well as the main empirical findings currently available. Keywords: Strategic Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management, Resource-Based View, Resource-Capability… Read more »
Reflections Around the Book “Political Psychology” of Mirta González Suárez
Manuel Martínez Herrera Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract This is a comment about a book entitled “Political Psychology” whose author belong to Mirta González catedratic teacher at the University of Costa Rica. In our guild is a sporadic event publishing a book and even more of a subject as political psychology. This book of… Read more »
Shamanism and Entheogenic/Hallucinatory Drugs in the Pre-Columbian World
Carlos M. Quirce Balma Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract This article presents some of the most current and widespread theories on shamanism. Both traditional and modern theories which lean towards neurophysiologic interpretations of altered and higher states of consciousness are dealt with. The generalized and central use of psychedelics and plants containing altering substances… Read more »
Sense of coherence and health in self-perceived healthy aged people
Zoila Edith Hernández Zamora Yamilet Ehrenzweig Sánchez Liliana Yépez Olvera Universidad Veracruzana, México Abstract This paper aims to identify the relationship between the level of sense of coherence in a sample of elderly people at a daycare facility in the Mexican city of Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz, and the self-perception that they… Read more »