Cognitive skills and mental health among child victims of armed conflicts and conditions of socioeconomic vulnerability in Colombia

Internal armed conflicts dramatically affect vulnerable populations, especially children. Such traumatic events negative mentalhealth, including emotional, cognitive, and behavioral well-being. The present study sought to identify social cognition states characteristics of a child population who were victims forced displacement that was caused by the conflict in Colombia. sample consisted 140 children, childvictims (47 girls 58 boys) comparison group(36 participants; 14 girls, 21 attended school lived relocation zones. Comparative correlational analyses performed examine outcomes between groups. results indicated victim group had higher risk, as reflected scores on clinical adaptive scales, compared group. However, significant differences performance observed groups terms executive functioning tasks theory mind. children exposed processes within context Colombian armedconf lict exhibited better these domains without this background, resided socially areas. These findings provide evidence have experienced because exhibit cognitive impairments related flexibility, inhibitory control, cognition. Importantly, difficulties extend among individuals residing environments. In fact, history is inferior.