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Theory of the mind and cognitive functioning in people in reintegration processes in colombia

Abstract:

Objective: to evaluate the Theory of the Mind (ToM) and cognitive functioning as a component of social cognition in people in the process of reintegration of the Colombian Agency for Reintegration (ACR) in the territorial group Cesar-Guajira. Method: multicase comparison design, with a sample of 3 men and 2 women, aged between 23 and 43 years. Applied instruments: Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination Revised-ACE R; Baron-Cohen Test of the Look (TdlM) for Adults; Manifest Anxiety Scale-AMAS Form A in adults and; Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS). Results: it was identified that the subjects presented deficit in ToM, since they had difficulties for the recognition of basic emotional states and to differentiate complex emotional states with different affective tonality. Conclusions: it was established that it is necessary to study in depth the degree of relationship between cognitive disorders, cognitive functioning, ToM and trauma to gradually estimate direct or null relationships.