Resultados preliminares en desarrollo de la identidad profesional en psicólogos: Pautas psicosociales para su explicación

The main objective of the research, is to explain the processes of development of the professional identity in the psychologists: changes in the meaning, importance and value of the work; as well as the association between professional identity and conditions of work. A qualitative method is used: focal groups, autobiography and interview to depth. 6 focal groups were implemented, 3 interviews to depth and electronic answer of 3 autobiographies was obtained. The IP definitions were raised considering the academic characteristics, characteristics and the social perception of the psychologist personal. There is a repeated observation about the lack of professional exercise, this fact limits the conformation of a professional identity. With respect to the identity in terms of development, it was observed that there are personal adjustments or modifications, although the exigencies and conditions of work are an important component in this conformation of the identity. The acceleration or delay of the IP of psychologists is associate to the labor scene: labor conditions such as wage, type of relations in the labor context, as well as the psychological, own demands of the task like psychologist within the organization. There is an association between the labor benefits and satisfaction in the work, independent of the realised activity. The social perception of the psychologist, this half-full one by the society on the one hand, and on the other, by the activity realised in favor of that social idea, for that reason the clinical psychologist is more seeing like psychologist, that the social psychologist. Important relations between the labor conditions and the development of the IP are observed. El objetivo de la investigación, es explicar los procesos de desarrollo de la identidad profesional en los psicólogos: cambios en los significados, importancia y valor del trabajo; así como la asociación entre identidad profesional y condiciones de trabajo. Se emplea un método cualitativo: grupos focales, autobiografía y entrevista a profundidad. Se realizaron 6 grupos focales, 3 entrevistas a profundidad y se obtuvo respuesta electrónica de 3 autobiografías. Las definiciones de IP fueron planteadas considerando las características personales, los rasgos académicos y la percepción social del psicólogo. Hay una reiterada observación al hecho de que la falta de ejercicio profesional limita la conformación de una identidad profesional. Con respecto a la identidad en términos