Estudios de psicología ambiental con muestras colombianas: una revisión bibliométrica y temática

Abstract

Studies reviewing environmental psychology in Colombia have focused on documenting the field based on articles published in psychology journals by authors who self-identify with the area. However, there are few studies on the works published in other areas of knowledge about this field. For this reason, the paper reviews in a panoramic way -without distinction of areas- the scientific production in environmental psychology with Colombian samples. A total of 105 documents, retrieved through Scopus, were analyzed. The results report the bibliometric characterization and the thematic quadrants by relevance (niche: environmental management and urban planning; driving force: climate change, research in transformative services, environmental education and sustainability; emerging/declining: thermal comfort, architecture; basic: pro-environmental attitudes and behavior, risk perception). The interdisciplinary nature of the sources, topics, productivity and impact of the agents, different from those reported in other reviews, stands out. On the other hand, there is a low interaction of authors and a concentration of citations to papers with international leadership. These findings broaden the perspective of environmental psychology in the country, with researchers from other disciplines contributing to theory, methods and intervention. It is argued that the structure of the professional field is motivated by an externalist, interdisciplinary and intervention-oriented agenda, therefore, the consolidation and registration of this academic community requires a greater openness of the formal institutions of the field to professionals from other areas and a dynamic and interdisciplinary scientific exchange.