Flexibilidade mental na resolução de problemas em indivíduos que cumprem pena por homicídio qualificado

Abstract

ResumoEste estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a flexibilidade mental na resolução de problemas em indivíduos que cumprem pena por homicídio qualificado em penitenciária de média segurança na região metropolitana de Porto Alegre. O estudo foi quantitativo de tipo transversal. A amostra (n=60) AbstractThis study aimed at assessing problem-solving mental flexibility in individuals who were convicted for qualified murder, and confined in a medium-security prison within the Metropolitan Area of Porto Alegre, Brazil. The quantitative cross-research study had a convenience sample (n=60) including 30 homicides, paired by gender, age, schooling and social class to 30 individuals who had no criminal records. Assessment instruments used were Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Stroop Color and Word Test, WAIS-III Block Design, DigitSymbol Coding and Vocabulary subtests, a Mini-International Psychiatric Interview and a socio-demographic datasheet. In the WCST categories and in the Stroop Test, the group of homicides showed lower scores than the control group with a statistically significant difference (p<0,05). It is concluded that individuals convicted for qualified murder show lower problem-solving flexibility, than the individuals having no criminal records.

Executive Dysfunction in Non-Psychotic Unipolar Depressed Patients: Assessement by the Wisconsin (Berg) Card Sorting Test

“…Despite this fact, the main manuals of neuropsychology caution against using WCST results isolatedly as a marker of damage in the frontal lobe, hence recommending convergent measures of assessment (Lezak, Howieson, & Loring, 2004;Strauss, Sherman, & Spreen, 2006). specific population, such as elderly (Beckert, Irigaray, & Trentini, 2012;Wagner & Trentini, 2009) and murderers (Del Pino & Werlang, 2008).…”