Revisión bibliográfica de los temas tratados en Psicología de la Salud. Período 1974-1996

Abstract

This paper main aim is to analysy those topics about Heath Psychology, published in research articles from 1974 to 1996. An observational, descriptive and retrospective design has been used for this propose. We focused on books and research articles that appcared in PsycI IT data base using as key word “Health Psychology” from 1974 up to 1996. The subjects in this study were all the national and international research articles that appeared in the above mentioned data base. Measurements and actions, from a total of 1724 research articles and research articles, we decided to review just a sample of 748 scientific research articles (n=748).

These articles were classified by three researchers separately in order to unify the classification criterion according to the “Fondo de Investigación en Salud”.

Classification. We carried out an analysis of the articles contents, most productive authors, most productive research articles, number of articles published per year and nationality of the publication. Results. Health Psychology turned out to be the most published section (33,9%), followed by Health and Illness (29,9%)