CROSS-CULTRUAL RESEARCH IN 30 YEARS OF TH E INTER-AMERICAN-JOURNAL-OF-PSYCHOLOGY

The articles published in the Interamerican Journal of Psycholgy durin g 30 years were analysed in order to identify those that take into acc ount the cultural dimension. Almost half of the articles were so class ifiable. On the basis of these 183 articles, diverse variables are ana lysed: type of study, populations, studied, thematic areas, statistica l analysis used, and particularly the goal of the research regardign e ither the search for similarities or the establishment of differences. The different variables are related and certain changes are identifia ble amongst Latin American authors indicating progress towards a Cultu ral Psychology.