Skin conductance rises in preparation and recovery to psychosocial stress and its relationship with impulsivity and testosterone in intimate partner violence perpetrators

Romero‐Martínez, Ángel; Lila, Marisol; Williams, Ryan K.; González-Bono, Esperanza; Moya-Albiol, Luís

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.10.003

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“…This hypothesis was reinforced in our study, in that IPV perpetrators presented shorter average PEPs than controls (see below). Moreover, we previously demonstrated that type II IPV perpetrators had higher non-specific skin conductance responses (another measure of the ANS) during the recovery time than controls (Romero-Martínez et al, 2013c). That is, type II IPV perpetrators maintain vigilance for a long time (Dawson et al, 2000) increasing the risk of them becoming violent even after the stress disappears.…”

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Cardiovascular reactivity to a marital conflict version of the Trier social stress test in intimate partner violence perpetrators

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Nunes-Costa

Lila

et al. 2014

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators have been categorized into two groups based on their heart rate (HR) reactivity to stress following Gottman's studies. Overall, type I perpetrators tend to show autonomic underarousal, whereas type II or reactive perpetrators present a hyper-reactivity in anticipation of stress. In this study, changes in HR, pre-ejection period (PEP), vagal ratio as well as psychological state variables (anxiety and anger) in response to stress were assessed, comparing a group of type II IPV perpetrators (based on violence reports and psychological assessment; n = 17; mean age = 37) with non-violent controls (n = 17; mean age = 35) using modified version of the Trier Social Stress Test. IPV perpetrators had higher HRs and lower vagal ratios than controls, particularly during the recovery period. Moreover, the former presented shorter PEPs than controls. There were no differences between groups in the magnitude of response of the HR, PEP or vagal ratio. High baseline anxiety and anger were associated with an HR increase during the preparation time in IPV perpetrators but not in controls. These findings indicate a different cardiovascular pattern of response to psychosocial stress in IPV perpetrators, especially during recovery. Thus, they contribute to understanding the biological functioning of violence sub-types, supporting the validity of cardiovascular measures as diagnostic indicators for IPV classification.

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Cardiovascular reactivity to a marital conflict version of the Trier social stress test in intimate partner violence perpetrators

Romero‐Martínez

Nunes-Costa

Lila

et al. 2014

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“…One factor of interest is impaired impulse control, as pathological gambling has been shown to be associated with elevated impulsivity [54][55][56][57], and elevated impulsivity is also associated with IPV [58,59]. Several impulsivity traits have been identified as relevant to aggression, including self-control and anger.…”

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Gambling and violence in a nationally representative sample of UK men

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“…This procedure has been employed in a lot of research with psychophysiological variables. In fact, participants are confident with their skills and do better the tasks if they work with their dominant hand instead of their nondominant hand Romero-Martínez et al 2013;Romero-Martínez et al 2014). In cooperative and competitive tasks, two participants of the same gender (previously unknown to each other) were seated one in front of the other, maintaining visual contact.…”

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Cooperation Induces an Increase in Emotional Response, as Measured by Electrodermal Activity and Mood

2016

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Humans need social interaction with others for survival. Competition and cooperation are two somewhat opposed interpersonal strategies that help us to achieve both individual and shared aims and objectives. The aim of this research was to study whether autonomic activity is a good indicator of emotional activation in response to social interaction (cooperation, competition) or working alone, considering gender and outcome obtained in tasks (positive or negative) as moderating variables. We tested electrodermal activity (EDA) and mood before, during and after social (cooperation, competition) or working alone in men (64) and women (60), young-adult students from the University of Valencia. Higher EDA was observed in individuals taking part the cooperative than the competitive task. Further, men who competed showed lower SCLs than men who performed the other type of task. In contrast, women who cooperated demonstrated lower NSCRs than women who competed and men who cooperated. Participants with negative outcomes and women were found to have worse mood states. Our results may be generalizable to situations in which negotiation, mediation and cooperative strategies are relevant for decision making and/or problem solving.

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Skin conductance rises in preparation and recovery to psychosocial stress and its relationship with impulsivity and testosterone in intimate partner violence perpetrators

Cited by 38 publications

References 20 publications

Cardiovascular reactivity to a marital conflict version of the Trier social stress test in intimate partner violence perpetrators

Cardiovascular reactivity to a marital conflict version of the Trier social stress test in intimate partner violence perpetrators

Gambling and violence in a nationally representative sample of UK men

Cooperation Induces an Increase in Emotional Response, as Measured by Electrodermal Activity and Mood

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