The Interamerican Journal of Psychology is pleased to announce a special call for an issue dedicated to the intersection between psychology and critical theories, including but not limited to theories of gender, human rights, dependency, and decoloniality. This special call on aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and bring new perspectives that challenge and expand traditional conceptions in psychology.
Critical theories have offered valuable tools for examining the power structures and social dynamics that impact people's lives. In the field of psychology, these theories can provide a framework to understand how individual and collective experiences are influenced by factors such as gender, social class, ethnicity, and coloniality, as well as allow us to glimpse how epistemic, historical, theoretical, and methodological principles are steeped in these aspects. In an increasingly globalized and diverse world, it is essential that psychology not only takes these influences into account but integrates them into its approach to deliver more inclusive and contextualized interventions.
We invite authors to submit manuscripts that explore, among other, topics:
- Gender and Psychology: Research examining how gender constructs affected or affect psychological principles (theoretically, epistemically, methodologically). Research that examines how gender constructs affect mental health, development, and identity. Approaches that analyze the impact of gender norms on psychotherapy and psychological intervention practices.
- Human Rights and Psychology: Studies that address the intersection between psychology and human rights advocacy, particularly how rights violations affect mental health and well-being. Articles related to the history and development of the discipline and its interaction with human rights can also be submitted.
- Dependency and Psychology: Analysis of how economic, social and cultural dependency relationships influence individual and collective psychology, including the impact of global and local inequality.
- Decoloniality and Psychology: Contributions that question and propose psychological knowledge from a decolonial perspective, including revising traditional psychological theories and suggesting new methodologies and approaches.
Manuscripts must present rigorous research and reflection that integrates critical theories into psychological analysis in multiple dimensions. The originality and relevance of the studies proposed for the inter-American contexts will be especially valued.
The deadline for receipt of manuscripts is April 30, 2025. All submissions must be made through the journal's online management system and will undergo a peer review system, which is required by the RIP/IJP standards.
For more information on the call and submission requirements, please contact our journal at journal@sipsych.org. We look forward to your contributions and appreciate your interest in enriching the field of psychology from a critical and inclusive perspective.
Deadline for receipt of contributions for the Special Call On: April 30, 2025.
Authors must prepare their submissions according to the requirements of the journal: https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
Editors:
Ana Jacó-Vilela, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Edil Torres Rivera, Wichita State University, United State of América
Fernando Andres Polanco, National University of San Luis, Argentina