AUTHOR=Muñoz-López Lucas , Fernández-García-Valdecasas Borja , López-Rodríguez Slava , Sánchez-Barrera María Blanca 

TITLE=Analysis of writing in personality disorders in prison population

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=15

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1391463

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1391463

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Abstract</title><p>Writing involves the activation of different processing modes than reading comprehension, and therefore the level of activation varies depending on the moment and the task.</p></sec><sec><title>Objectives</title><p>to analyze the profiles in terms of the proposed coding from the PROESC in terms of personality disorders [Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) with drugs possession and consumption crimes (DPCC) and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)] with gender violence crimes (GVC) in the prisoners.</p></sec><sec><title>Design</title><p>The sample was composed of 194 men. The participants were divided into two groups. Group 1 (ASPD; DPCC) consisted of 81 men, and Group 2 (OCPD; GVC) consisted of 113 men.</p></sec><sec><title>Main outcome measures</title><p>They completed the Demographic, Offense, and Behavioral Interview in Institutions, the International Personality Disorders Examination (IPDE), and Writing Processes Evaluation Battery (PROESC).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Group 2 made more mistake than Group 1 in narratives tasks.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Participants know phoneme-grapheme correspondence rules, language disturbances of a reiterative and persistent nature may appear in those who show compulsive behavior.</p></sec>