“…Despite the existence of different Spanish studies evaluating the effectiveness of treatments and the degree of influence exerted on the therapy by some of the variables related to characteristics of the aggressors (e.g., Echeburúa & Fernández-Montalvo, 2009;Echeburúa, Sarasua, Zubizarreta, Amor, & Corral, 2010;Echeburúa, Sarasua, Zubizarreta, & Corral, 2009;Fernández-Montalvo, López-Goñi, & Arteaga, 2011;Loinaz, Torrubia, Echeburúa, Navarro, & Fernández, 2009), none of these works treat the characteristics of the therapeutic alliance or the way they are rated by the convicted offenders as relevant aspects of the intervention. Pérez and Martínez (2010), however, evaluated the satisfaction of a group of men who completed a community program for convicted perpetrators of intimate partner violence by means of a telephone survey.…”