Asociación entre las funciones ejecutivas y los tipos de delitos de mujeres en la etapa de adultez emergente que cumplen condena en el Centro de Privación de Libertad, Azuay no 1, Ecuador, en el año 2023

Abstract

Neuropsychology studies behavior in relation to brain function; a very important part of the cognitive functions of our brain are the executive functions, the same ones that are in charge of problem solving, concept formation, planning and working memory. Some studies suggest that poor executive functioning is related to antisocial behaviors; some violent offenders have poor performance in cognitive control and behavioral control, response inhibition deficits, and slow planning and execution of movements. The present investigation has as a general objective to determine the association between the joint evaluation of the performance of executive functions and the types of crimes in women in the stage of emerging adulthood, who are serving sentences in the Azuay No-1 Deprivation of Liberty Center, in the year 2023. It had a quantitative approach with a descriptive and correlational scope, the type of design is non-experimental and cross-sectional. The population with which the study was carried out was 23 women deprived of liberty in the stage of emerging adulthood. The instruments used for this study were a sociodemographic record made by the author and the Neuropsychological Battery of Executive Functions and Frontal Lobes (BANFE-2). The results obtained in this study show the presence of a considerable deterioration of executive functions in the majority of the population and that is independent of the type of crime.