Individualized motivational plans in batterer intervention programs: A randomized clinical trial.

Abstract

These results highlight the relevance of alternative approaches, including strategies to increase treatment compliance and motivation for change, in BIPs. (PsycINFO Database Record

Improving empathy with motivational strategies in batterer intervention programmes: Results of a randomized controlled trial

“…IPV perpetrators were recruited from the participants in a psycho‐educational and community‐based treatment programme (mandatory for male abusers). Because they were sentenced to <2 years in prison and had no previous criminal record, participants had been given a suspended sentence on the condition that they would attend an intervention programme (Lila et al ., ). The inclusion criteria for controls included: males over 18 years of age with no physical or mental problems, no severe substance abuse problems and no severe cognitive impairment.…”

“…(2016) were unable to identify a specific part of the intervention that improved these cognitive abilities. Although this intervention did not contain specific cognitive training designed to improve cognitive abilities, participants received training in cognitive restructuring, emotion management skills and problem‐solving, among others (Lila et al ., ), which may explain these improvements. In this regard, some studies have demonstrated that problem‐solving training would improve these abilities in different populations through slower and controlled processing, step by step (Kurowski et al ., ; Romero‐Martínez et al ., ).…”

“…In general terms, the main aim of these types of interventions is to reduce IPV risk factors and increase protective factors, which in turn prevent violence against their partners in current and future relationships (Bowen, ; Ferrer‐Perez, Ferreiro‐Basurto, Navarro‐Guzmán, & Bosch‐Fiol, ; Gondolf, ). However, these conclusions vary greatly from one study to another, depending on the study design or the source of information on recidivism (victim's report or official report) (Arbach & Bobbio, ; Babcock et al ., ; Cunha & Gonçalves, ; Lila, Gracia, & Catalá‐Miñana, ; López‐Ossorio et al ., ). Hence, it is difficult to precisely determine the degree of success of IPV intervention programmes.…”

“…The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the differences between SBIP and SBIP + Individualized Motivational Plan (IMP) in IPV perpetrators’ cognitive outcomes after ending both interventions. Based on the evidence showing that SBIP produces cognitive‐emotional changes in IPV perpetrators (Romero‐Martínez, Lila, & Moya‐Albiol, ), and SBIP + IMP demonstrates higher efficacy than SBIP in producing changes in IPV perpetrators, with the former group showing lower self‐reported physical violence and greater reductions in the risk of recidivism assessed by therapists compared to the SBIP group (Lila et al ., ), our initial hypothesis was as follows: (1) SBIP and SBIP + IMP would produce improvements in emotion‐decoding abilities and empathy; and (2) SBIP + IMP, compared to SBIP alone, would be more likely to increase participants’ commitment to the dynamics and activities of the intervention, dedicating more attention and effort to the activities proposed (Lila et al ., ), and thus produce greater improvement in cognitive‐emotional abilities.…”

The importance of impulsivity and attention switching deficits in perpetrators convicted for intimate partner violence

“…Furthermore, high impulsivity and inattention symptoms have been related to high levels of emotion decoding and cognitive flexibility impairments in violent populations (Buitelaar et al, 2014;Saylor & Amann, 2016;Wymbs et al, 2017). IPV perpetrators had been sentenced to less than 2 years in prison but had no previous criminal record, and hence they had their sentence suspended on the condition that they attend an intervention like the CONTEXTO program (Carbajosa, Catalá-Miñana, Lila, & Gracia, 2017;Lila, Catalá-Miñana, & Gracia, 2018;Rodriguez, Gracia, & Lila, 2016). Moreover, we expected that the relationship between emotion decoding and cognitive flexibility deficits would be stronger with inattention than trait impulsivity in both populations, as previously suggested (Gamboz, Borella, & Brandimonte, 2009;.…”