Cognitive Flexibility and Reaction Time Improvements After Cognitive Training Designed for Men Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Romero‐Martínez, Ángel; Santirso, Faraj A.; Lila, Marisol; Comes-Fayos, Javier

doi:10.1007/s10896-021-00304-2

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“…In this regard, emotion recognition training (ERT) (e.g., matching facial expression picture with corresponding emotions or feelings) has been found to improve how offenders identify facial emotion expressions, reducing violence proneness (Penton‐Voak et al, 2013; Schönenberg et al, 2014). However, the effectiveness of this kind of tasks should be regarded carefully considering a previous study did not observe improvements in IPV perpetrators' emotional decoding abilities (Romero‐Martínez, Santirso et al, 2021) after a cognitive training through ERT tasks that represented less than 25% of the total activities. Furthermore, a previous study which implemented motivational strategies together with SBIs effectively improved emotional decoding as well as perspective taking abilities (Romero‐Martínez et al, 2019b).…”

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Dropout and recidivism are partly explained by emotional decoding and perspective taking deficits of intimate partner violence perpetrators

Romero‐Martínez

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Sarrate-Costa

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Aggressive Behavior

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Professionals and researchers have dedicated important efforts to understanding the underlying factors that explain the failure to complete interventions (dropout) and the recidivism of men convicted of intimate partner violence (IPV) against their female partners. There is a growing interest in measuring emotional decoding and empathic deficits in IPV perpetrators to better understand dropout and recidivism proneness, due to their direct impact on behavioral regulation. In the current study, we first aimed to examine whether the emotional decoding abilities of facial expressions and empathic abilities (cognitive and emotional), as well as their interrelationships in IPV perpetrators (n = 561), would explain dropout, treatment attendance, and recidivism (risk and official) once treatment ended. Our results allowed us to conclude that emotional decoding abilities and perspective taking (cognitive empathy) were significantly and negatively associated with dropout and recidivism. Two moderation models were significant. On the one hand, participants with low emotional decoding abilities presented lower intervention doses the lower their perspective taking. Furthermore, the percentage of participants that reoffended was higher among individuals with low and moderate perspective taking who dropped out. Therefore, our study highlights the importance of conducting emotional decoding and empathic assessments during the initial stages of intervention programs to clearly outline the therapeutic needs of IPV perpetrators. This would allow designing coadjuvant and complementary training programs that can support the main interventions by increasing treatment adherence and, in turn, reducing the risk of recidivism.

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Dropout and recidivism are partly explained by emotional decoding and perspective taking deficits of intimate partner violence perpetrators

Romero‐Martínez

Lila

Sarrate-Costa

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“…In this sense, there is an example of a randomized controlled pilot study, which compared a standard intervention with another group of IPV perpetrators receiving this program in combination with cognitive training (e.g., including pen and pencil tasks and videos, among others). This last group experienced considerable improvements in several cognitive domains, such as speed processing and cognitive flexibility, as well as a considerable reduction in the risk of reoffending (Romero-Martínez, Santirso, et al, 2022). Cognitive training has also been concluded to present a certain, although limited, positive impact by reducing working memory and executive functioning deficits in people affected by ADHD, which also has an impact on reducing the severity of ADHD behavioral dysregulation (Cortese et al, 2015).…”

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“…The broader the cognitive deficits in ADHD individuals, the higher their proneness to anger expression (McDonagh et al, 2019) and emotional dysregulations (Banaschewski et al, 2012). Additionally, cognitive deficits have also been associated with IPV proneness (Humenik et al, 2020;Romero-Martínez, Santirso, et al, 2022). This can be explained by a reduced ability to process surrounding information and act or make consequent decisions with this analysis.…”

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“…Conclusiones: Nuestro estudio destaca la necesidad de implementar procesos de cribado para diagnosticar correctamente a los maltratadores y, en consecuencia, diseñar programas de intervención más efectivos. Martínez, Santirso, et al, 2022). Hence, it would be necessary to conduct empirical research to assess whether ADHD in combination with cognitive deficits in IPV perpetrators considerably increases our ability to explain dropout and recidivism in those men.…”

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The Interaction between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Neuropsychological Deficits for Explaining Dropout and Recidivism of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

Romero‐Martínez

Lila

Sarrate-Costa

et al. 2023

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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Even though previous research has identified the negative impact of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, less is known regarding the moderator factors that explain this association. In this study, we first aimed to assess whether there would be differences in terms of specific neuropsychological variables (e.g., IQ, working memory, executive functioning, and emotion decoding) between different groups of IPV perpetrators, affected or not by ADHD, and also compared with non-violent men (without ADHD). Second, we evaluated differences in dropout and recidivism among the subgroups of IPV perpetrators. Third, we assessed whether ADHD interacts with neuropsychological functioning to explain treatment compliance (dropout) and official recidivism among IPV perpetrators. Method: We administered a set of neuropsychological tests and self-reports to a group of IPV perpetrators with ADHD (n = 161), without ADHD (n = 163), and non-violent men (n = 103). Data on IPV perpetrators' treatment compliance and official recidivism were collected after treatment. Results: Our results indicated that all the groups of IPV perpetrators presented worse performance in all cognitive domains than controls. Furthermore, ADHD IPV perpetrators also showed worse performance in all cognitive domains than IPV perpetrators without ADHD, except for emotion decoding abilities. Most importantly, the combined subtype of ADHD IPV perpetrators presented the highest rate of dropout and official recidivism. Lastly, ADHD diagnosis and neuropsychological impairments separately offered a considerable explanation of treatment compliance and recidivism but their combination did not increase the amount of explained variance. Conclusions: Our study highlights the need to implement good screening processes for correctly diagnosing IPV perpetrators and, consequently, designing more effective intervention programs. La interacción entre el trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad y los déficits neuropsicológicos para explicar el abandono prematuro de la intervención y la reincidencia de los maltratadores R E S U M E NObjetivo: Existen múltiples investigaciones que han identificado el impacto negativo del trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) en la perpetración de la violencia contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja. Sin embargo, existen menos evidencias sobre los factores moderadores que explicarían la asociación entre dichas variables. Por lo tanto, el primer objetivo de este estudio ha sido valorar si existen diferencias en variables neuropsicológicas específicas (p. ej., cociente intelectual, memoria de trabajo, funcionamiento ejecutivo y decodificación de las emociones) entre diferentes grupos de hombres que ejercen violencia contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja (o maltratadores), afectados o no por el TDAH, y también en comparación con hombres no violentos (sin TDAH). En segundo lugar, evaluamos las diferencias en el abandono prematuro de la intervención y la...

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“…Taking into account the fact that it is a serious problem on a worldwide level, it is possible to find numerous studies that have focused on investigating the aggressor, i.e., the male abusers, and how and why they commit acts of violence against their partners [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Within this type of violence, we can find different typologies of male abusers; among the most commonly cited in the literature are three types of male abuser.…”

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Psychological Tasks Used in Neuroimaging with Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence against Women: A Systematic Review

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Barbosa-Torres

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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This bibliographic review analyses the utility for psychologists of using neuroimaging tests and psychological or neuropsychological tests at the same time for studying the functioning of the brain in male abusers condemned for intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). So as to be able to find an answer, we reviewed the available studies that investigated the structure or functioning of the brain. The results of these reviewed works of research show the benefits of using neuroimaging applied to male abusers, together with the use, either simultaneously or not, of other types of psychological, neuropsychological, or observational tests to complement and/or amplify the results of the neuroimaging techniques, as this can help us to advance in the knowledge of neuroscience as concerns the mind of the male abuser.

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Cognitive Flexibility and Reaction Time Improvements After Cognitive Training Designed for Men Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Cited by 14 publications

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Dropout and recidivism are partly explained by emotional decoding and perspective taking deficits of intimate partner violence perpetrators

Dropout and recidivism are partly explained by emotional decoding and perspective taking deficits of intimate partner violence perpetrators

The Interaction between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Neuropsychological Deficits for Explaining Dropout and Recidivism of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

Psychological Tasks Used in Neuroimaging with Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence against Women: A Systematic Review

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