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Ángel Romero‐martínez

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ID4322864
NAMEÁngel Romero‐martínez
GIVEN NAMESÁngel
FAMILY NAMERomero‐martínez
SIGNATUREMARTINEZ A R
AFFILIATIONSUniversitat de València
ORCID0000-0002-5922-0265
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS26
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT26
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2
  • Diminished parasympathetic flexibility in female offenders when experiencing compassion

    Open Access•Isabel R Moreno, Sara Bressanutti et al.•ARTICLE•Current Psychology•2026

  • Suicidal Ideation among Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators Partly Explained by the Interaction between Borderline Traits and both Personal Distress and Impulsivity

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Family Violence•2025•References: 3

    Purpose Some studies have highlighted the presence and persistence of suicidal ideation (thoughts) among individuals convicted of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration immediately after receiving their sentence. This calls for an exploration of the variables that can explain the emergence of these types of thoughts. For example, it seems that borderline and antisocial personality traits among these men are strongly associated with these ty…

  • Low sadness and high happiness facial prevalence to others' suffering in intimate partner violence against women perpetrators

    Open Access•Javier Comes‐Fayos, Ángel Romero‐martínez et al.•ARTICLE•Current Psychology•2024

    An aligned facial response to others' emotions has been linked to adaptive social interactions. Interestingly, maladjusted emotional response has been recognized as a significant risk factor for intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). However, the facial response of IPVAW perpetrators to others' negative emotions remains unclear. The present study analyzes the emotional facial response, as well as self-reported emotions, of IPVAW perpetr…

  • Weakened sympathetic response and lower parasympathetic activity in intimate partner violence perpetrators when empathizing

    Open Access•Javier Comes‐Fayos, Isabel R Moreno et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•References: 77

    The autonomic nervous system (ANS) functioning has been proposed as a relevant method to characterize the therapeutic needs of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Nevertheless, research has neglected the influence of the ANS on socio‐affective functions in this population. The aim of the present study was to analyze the psychophysiological activity of IPV perpetrators ( n = 52) compared to controls ( n = 46) following an empathic induct…

  • Reduced vagal tone in intimate partner violence perpetrators is partly explained by anger rumination

    Open Access•Carolina Sarrate‐Costa, Carolina Sarrate-Costa et al.•ARTICLE•Current Psychology•2023

    Polyvagal theory proposed that an autonomous nervous system imbalance might be characteristic of violent individuals, especially reduced parasympathetic or vagal tone. Accordingly, some studies concluded that when intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators deal with acute stress, they tend to present a sympathetic predominance over the parasympathetic nervous system once the stress has ended. However, less is known about cognitive mechanisms th…

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

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2023•References: 62

    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 …

  • Diminished vagally mediated heart rate variability in a compassion-eliciting task in intimate partner violence offenders

    Open Access•Isabel R Moreno, Rúben Sousa et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 65

    Recent research has identified different psychobiological mechanisms underlying Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). However, vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV), a measure of parasympathetic activity, has been scarcely studied in IPV perpetrators. Low vmHRV activity has been found to be associated with maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and negative affect, whereas high vmHRV functioning has been related to higher social engagemen…

  • Hormonal Profile in Response to an Empathic Induction Task in Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open Access•Javier Comes‐Fayos, Ángel Romero‐martínez et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2022

    Empathy deficits have been proposed to be an important factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV perpetrators have shown a differential change in salivary oxytocin (sOXT), testosterone (sT), and cortisol (sC), following empathic and stress tasks, compared to non-violent men. However, the influence of empathic deficits in those hormones after an emotion-induction task in IPV perpetrators remains unclear. We analyzed the effects of an empathi…

  • Neuropsychological Performance, Substance Misuse, and Recidivism in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Ángel Romero-Martínez et al.•ARTICLE•Psychosocial Intervention•2022

    Previous research has pointed out the importance of neuropsychological impairments in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators for reoffending/recidivism once treatment ends. However, less is known about whether substance misuse is associated with impairments or deficits, which facilitate recidivism. In this study, we first aimed to assess whether IPV perpetrators with ( n = 104) and without ( n = 120) substance misuse showed differences in s…

  • Hormonal Differences in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators When They Cope with Acute Stress

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, M Carmen Blanco-Gandía et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    These data present a background showing that IPVAW perpetrators and non-violent men cope differently with stress. These findings might help to identify idiosyncratic profiles of IPVAW perpetrators that can then be employed to establish their therapeutic needs. Moreover, we reinforced the importance of combining biological markers with self-reports, thus increasing the reliability of these forensic assessments

  • Cognitive Flexibility and Reaction Time Improvements After Cognitive Training Designed for Men Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Faraj A Santirso et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Family Violence•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 1

    Purpose Current interventions for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators are designed to reduce IPV recidivism by treating risk factors and increasing protective factors. However, these interventions pay less attention to cognitive functioning in IPV perpetrators and how these variables interfere with the future risk of recidivism. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to compare the effectiveness of Standard Intervention Progr…

  • The Importance of Considering Alexithymia during Initial Stages of Intimate Partner Violence Interventions to Design Adjuvant Treatments

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    Empirical evidence supports that individuals with alexithymia might be prone to certain types of violence, such as intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). Moreover, considering that alexithymia is directly involved in behavior regulation, problems due to identifying and regulating emotional states might be postulated as responsible, at least in part, for the success of psychotherapeutic treatments designed for decreasing the future risk …

  • Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence among Male Offenders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    Attitudes towards the acceptability of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) contribute to an increased risk of IPVAW perpetration, and these attitudes are common among IPVAW offenders. Research suggests that IPVAW offenders present cognitive deficits related to information processing. Little is known, however, about how these deficits are related to the acceptability of IPVAW. The main aim of this study was to explore the relationship …

  • Dropout from Court-Mandated Intervention Programs for Intimate Partner Violence Offenders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    There is considerable interest in offering insight into the mechanisms that might explain why certain perpetrators of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) drop out of interventions. Although several socio-demographic variables and attitudes towards IPVAW have been proposed as risk factors for IPVAW perpetrators' dropout, less attention has been paid to alcohol misuse, and its interactions with empathic and cognitive deficits, in the di…

  • Long-Term Drug Misuse Increases the Risk of Cognitive Dysfunctions in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major public health problem, with an important mortality rate in women across the world. In this regard, it has been well-established that drug misuse explains (at least in part) an increased risk of IPVAW perpetration. Even though alcohol is the most widely studied drug underlying IPVAW, other drugs, such as cannabis and cocaine also seem to be significant indicators of this type of violence. …

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

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 34

    It has been stated that Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the likelihood of risky behavior such as intimate partner violence (IPV), but the cognitive mechanisms that facilitate or underlie these types of behavior remain unexplained. In this regard, several authors have established that impulsivity and inattentive symptoms might affect basic processes such as emotional decoding and set-shifting abilities, which are importan…

  • Could Alcohol Abuse Drive Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators’ Psychophysiological Response to Acute Stress

    Open Access•Sara Vitoria-Estruch, Ángel Romero‐martínez et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2018

    Proactively aggressive individuals have been shown to present a different pattern of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation from that of individuals characterized by reactive violence. Although attempts have been made to classify intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators based on ANS reactivity to acute stress, subsequent studies have failed to replicate this classification. Notably, the proposed classification neglected the role of chro…

  • Stress-Induced Endocrine and Immune Dysfunctions in Caregivers of People with Eating Disorders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Luis Moya-Albiol et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2017

    Caregivers have to cope repeatedly with acute stressors in their daily lives, and this is associated with disturbances in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the immune system. Such disturbances could contribute to the development of health problems in informal caregivers of people with chronic illnesses, such as eating disorders (EDs). The main objective of this study was to examine endocrine (salivary cortisol levels (Csal)), immu…

  • A cognitive-behavioural intervention improves cognition in caregivers of people with autism spectrum disorder

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Ángel Romero Martínez et al.•ARTICLE•Psychosocial Intervention•2017

    As postulated by the stress process model, chronically stressed individuals, such as caregivers of people with chronic psychological disorders, have poorer cognitive performance and higher age-related cognitive decline than individuals not exposed to chronic stress. When analysing this topic in caregivers, the majority of research has been conducted in populations in which the care recipient has dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease, while relative…

  • Depressive Mood and Testosterone Related to Declarative Verbal Memory Decline in Middle-Aged Caregivers of Children with Eating Disorders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Nicolás Ruiz‐robledillo et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2016

    Caring for children diagnosed with a chronic psychological disorder such as an eating disorder (ED) can be used as a model of chronic stress. This kind of stress has been reported to have deleterious effects on caregivers' cognition, particularly in verbal declarative memory of women caregivers. Moreover, high depressive mood and variations in testosterone (T) levels moderate this cognitive decline. The purpose of this study was to characterize w…

  • Improvements in Empathy and Cognitive Flexibility after Court-Mandated Intervention Program in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2016

    Research assessing the effectiveness of intervention programs for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators has increased considerably in recent years. However, most of it has been focused on the analysis of psychological domains, neglecting neuropsychological variables and the effects of alcohol consumption on these variables. This study evaluated potential neuropsychological changes (emotional decoding, perspective taking, emotional empathy …

  • An Autistic Endophenotype and Testosterone Are Involved in an Atypical Decline in Selective Attention and Visuospatial Processing in Middle-Aged Women

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Luis Moya-Albiol et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2015

    Mothers of offspring with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) could present mild forms of their children's cognitive characteristics, resulting from prenatal brain exposure and sensitivity to testosterone (T). Indeed, their cognition is frequently characterized by hyper-systemizing, outperforming in tests that assess cognitive domains such as selective attention, and fine motor and visuospatial skills. In the general population, all these start to de…

  • Prenatal testosterone of progenitors could be involved in the etiology of both anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders of their offspring

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Luis Moya‐albiol•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2014

    OBJECTIVES: High intrauterine testosterone (T) levels seem to play a role in the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), but their role in anorexia nervosa (AN) is controversial. Parents with masculinized 2D:4D ratios, a marker of the organizational effects of T, may have other relevant biological characteristics, in particular exposing their offspring to high T levels in the prenatal environment. This would increase the likelihood of th…

  • The Contribution of Childhood Parental Rejection and Early Androgen Exposure to Impairments in Socio-Cognitive Skills in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators with High Alcohol Consumption

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2013

    Alcohol consumption, a larger history of childhood parental rejection, and high prenatal androgen exposure have been linked with facilitation and high risk of recidivism in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Participants were distributed into two groups according to their alcohol consumption scores as high (HA) and low (LA). HA presented a higher history of childhood parental rejection, prenatal masculinization (smaller 2D:4D ratio), a…

  • Se benefician de los programas de intervención que no tratan específicamente el consumo de alcohol los maltratadores con problemas de consumo abusivo

    Open Access•Alba Catalá-Miñana, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Psychosocial Intervention•2013

    In the field of batterer intervention and research on improving the effectiveness of these interventions, alcohol abuse has been one of the risk factors that has received special attention. The aim of this work is analyze the relationship between alcohol abuse, process of change due to the intervention, and the dropout rate. The sample consisted of 86 risk male consumers and 80 non risk male consumers, all of them sentenced for violence against w…

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  • High testosterone levels and sensitivity to acute stress in perpetrators of domestic violence with low cognitive flexibility and impairments in their emotional decoding process

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2013•Cited by: 4•References: 61

    Hormonal and neuropsychological impairment in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators could play a role in domestic violence. For characterizing whether there is a specific psychobiological response to stress, participants who had previously been jailed for IPV and controls were compared for testosterone and cortisol levels, tested for 2D:4D ratio (as an indicator of masculinization), and given several trait questionnaires and neuropsycholog…

  • Cognitive Flexibility and Reaction Time Improvements After Cognitive Training Designed for Men Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Faraj A Santirso et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Family Violence•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 1

    Purpose Current interventions for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators are designed to reduce IPV recidivism by treating risk factors and increasing protective factors. However, these interventions pay less attention to cognitive functioning in IPV perpetrators and how these variables interfere with the future risk of recidivism. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to compare the effectiveness of Standard Intervention Progr…

  • Diminished vagally mediated heart rate variability in a compassion-eliciting task in intimate partner violence offenders

    Open Access•Isabel R Moreno, Rúben Sousa et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 65

    Recent research has identified different psychobiological mechanisms underlying Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). However, vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV), a measure of parasympathetic activity, has been scarcely studied in IPV perpetrators. Low vmHRV activity has been found to be associated with maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and negative affect, whereas high vmHRV functioning has been related to higher social engagemen…

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

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 34

    It has been stated that Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the likelihood of risky behavior such as intimate partner violence (IPV), but the cognitive mechanisms that facilitate or underlie these types of behavior remain unexplained. In this regard, several authors have established that impulsivity and inattentive symptoms might affect basic processes such as emotional decoding and set-shifting abilities, which are importan…

  • The Contribution of Childhood Parental Rejection and Early Androgen Exposure to Impairments in Socio-Cognitive Skills in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators with High Alcohol Consumption

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2013

    Alcohol consumption, a larger history of childhood parental rejection, and high prenatal androgen exposure have been linked with facilitation and high risk of recidivism in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Participants were distributed into two groups according to their alcohol consumption scores as high (HA) and low (LA). HA presented a higher history of childhood parental rejection, prenatal masculinization (smaller 2D:4D ratio), a…

  • Se benefician de los programas de intervención que no tratan específicamente el consumo de alcohol los maltratadores con problemas de consumo abusivo

    Open Access•Alba Catalá-Miñana, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Psychosocial Intervention•2013

    In the field of batterer intervention and research on improving the effectiveness of these interventions, alcohol abuse has been one of the risk factors that has received special attention. The aim of this work is analyze the relationship between alcohol abuse, process of change due to the intervention, and the dropout rate. The sample consisted of 86 risk male consumers and 80 non risk male consumers, all of them sentenced for violence against w…

  • High testosterone levels and sensitivity to acute stress in perpetrators of domestic violence with low cognitive flexibility and impairments in their emotional decoding process

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2013•Cited by: 4•References: 61

    Hormonal and neuropsychological impairment in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators could play a role in domestic violence. For characterizing whether there is a specific psychobiological response to stress, participants who had previously been jailed for IPV and controls were compared for testosterone and cortisol levels, tested for 2D:4D ratio (as an indicator of masculinization), and given several trait questionnaires and neuropsycholog…

  • Prenatal testosterone of progenitors could be involved in the etiology of both anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders of their offspring

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Luis Moya‐albiol•ARTICLE•American Journal of Human Biology•2014

    OBJECTIVES: High intrauterine testosterone (T) levels seem to play a role in the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), but their role in anorexia nervosa (AN) is controversial. Parents with masculinized 2D:4D ratios, a marker of the organizational effects of T, may have other relevant biological characteristics, in particular exposing their offspring to high T levels in the prenatal environment. This would increase the likelihood of th…

  • An Autistic Endophenotype and Testosterone Are Involved in an Atypical Decline in Selective Attention and Visuospatial Processing in Middle-Aged Women

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Luis Moya-Albiol et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2015

    Mothers of offspring with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) could present mild forms of their children's cognitive characteristics, resulting from prenatal brain exposure and sensitivity to testosterone (T). Indeed, their cognition is frequently characterized by hyper-systemizing, outperforming in tests that assess cognitive domains such as selective attention, and fine motor and visuospatial skills. In the general population, all these start to de…

  • Depressive Mood and Testosterone Related to Declarative Verbal Memory Decline in Middle-Aged Caregivers of Children with Eating Disorders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Nicolás Ruiz‐robledillo et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2016

    Caring for children diagnosed with a chronic psychological disorder such as an eating disorder (ED) can be used as a model of chronic stress. This kind of stress has been reported to have deleterious effects on caregivers' cognition, particularly in verbal declarative memory of women caregivers. Moreover, high depressive mood and variations in testosterone (T) levels moderate this cognitive decline. The purpose of this study was to characterize w…

  • Improvements in Empathy and Cognitive Flexibility after Court-Mandated Intervention Program in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2016

    Research assessing the effectiveness of intervention programs for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators has increased considerably in recent years. However, most of it has been focused on the analysis of psychological domains, neglecting neuropsychological variables and the effects of alcohol consumption on these variables. This study evaluated potential neuropsychological changes (emotional decoding, perspective taking, emotional empathy …

  • Stress-Induced Endocrine and Immune Dysfunctions in Caregivers of People with Eating Disorders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Luis Moya-Albiol et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2017

    Caregivers have to cope repeatedly with acute stressors in their daily lives, and this is associated with disturbances in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the immune system. Such disturbances could contribute to the development of health problems in informal caregivers of people with chronic illnesses, such as eating disorders (EDs). The main objective of this study was to examine endocrine (salivary cortisol levels (Csal)), immu…

  • A cognitive-behavioural intervention improves cognition in caregivers of people with autism spectrum disorder

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Ángel Romero Martínez et al.•ARTICLE•Psychosocial Intervention•2017

    As postulated by the stress process model, chronically stressed individuals, such as caregivers of people with chronic psychological disorders, have poorer cognitive performance and higher age-related cognitive decline than individuals not exposed to chronic stress. When analysing this topic in caregivers, the majority of research has been conducted in populations in which the care recipient has dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease, while relative…

  • Could Alcohol Abuse Drive Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators’ Psychophysiological Response to Acute Stress

    Open Access•Sara Vitoria-Estruch, Ángel Romero‐martínez et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2018

    Proactively aggressive individuals have been shown to present a different pattern of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation from that of individuals characterized by reactive violence. Although attempts have been made to classify intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators based on ANS reactivity to acute stress, subsequent studies have failed to replicate this classification. Notably, the proposed classification neglected the role of chro…

  • The Importance of Considering Alexithymia during Initial Stages of Intimate Partner Violence Interventions to Design Adjuvant Treatments

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    Empirical evidence supports that individuals with alexithymia might be prone to certain types of violence, such as intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). Moreover, considering that alexithymia is directly involved in behavior regulation, problems due to identifying and regulating emotional states might be postulated as responsible, at least in part, for the success of psychotherapeutic treatments designed for decreasing the future risk …

  • Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence among Male Offenders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    Attitudes towards the acceptability of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) contribute to an increased risk of IPVAW perpetration, and these attitudes are common among IPVAW offenders. Research suggests that IPVAW offenders present cognitive deficits related to information processing. Little is known, however, about how these deficits are related to the acceptability of IPVAW. The main aim of this study was to explore the relationship …

  • Dropout from Court-Mandated Intervention Programs for Intimate Partner Violence Offenders

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    There is considerable interest in offering insight into the mechanisms that might explain why certain perpetrators of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) drop out of interventions. Although several socio-demographic variables and attitudes towards IPVAW have been proposed as risk factors for IPVAW perpetrators' dropout, less attention has been paid to alcohol misuse, and its interactions with empathic and cognitive deficits, in the di…

  • Long-Term Drug Misuse Increases the Risk of Cognitive Dysfunctions in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2019

    Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major public health problem, with an important mortality rate in women across the world. In this regard, it has been well-established that drug misuse explains (at least in part) an increased risk of IPVAW perpetration. Even though alcohol is the most widely studied drug underlying IPVAW, other drugs, such as cannabis and cocaine also seem to be significant indicators of this type of violence. …

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

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2019•Cited by: 1•References: 34

    It has been stated that Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the likelihood of risky behavior such as intimate partner violence (IPV), but the cognitive mechanisms that facilitate or underlie these types of behavior remain unexplained. In this regard, several authors have established that impulsivity and inattentive symptoms might affect basic processes such as emotional decoding and set-shifting abilities, which are importan…

  • Hormonal Differences in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators When They Cope with Acute Stress

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, M Carmen Blanco-Gandía et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    These data present a background showing that IPVAW perpetrators and non-violent men cope differently with stress. These findings might help to identify idiosyncratic profiles of IPVAW perpetrators that can then be employed to establish their therapeutic needs. Moreover, we reinforced the importance of combining biological markers with self-reports, thus increasing the reliability of these forensic assessments

  • Cognitive Flexibility and Reaction Time Improvements After Cognitive Training Designed for Men Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Faraj A Santirso et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Family Violence•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 1

    Purpose Current interventions for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators are designed to reduce IPV recidivism by treating risk factors and increasing protective factors. However, these interventions pay less attention to cognitive functioning in IPV perpetrators and how these variables interfere with the future risk of recidivism. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to compare the effectiveness of Standard Intervention Progr…

  • Hormonal Profile in Response to an Empathic Induction Task in Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open Access•Javier Comes‐Fayos, Ángel Romero‐martínez et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2022

    Empathy deficits have been proposed to be an important factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV perpetrators have shown a differential change in salivary oxytocin (sOXT), testosterone (sT), and cortisol (sC), following empathic and stress tasks, compared to non-violent men. However, the influence of empathic deficits in those hormones after an emotion-induction task in IPV perpetrators remains unclear. We analyzed the effects of an empathi…

  • Neuropsychological Performance, Substance Misuse, and Recidivism in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Ángel Romero-Martínez et al.•ARTICLE•Psychosocial Intervention•2022

    Previous research has pointed out the importance of neuropsychological impairments in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators for reoffending/recidivism once treatment ends. However, less is known about whether substance misuse is associated with impairments or deficits, which facilitate recidivism. In this study, we first aimed to assess whether IPV perpetrators with ( n = 104) and without ( n = 120) substance misuse showed differences in s…

  • Reduced vagal tone in intimate partner violence perpetrators is partly explained by anger rumination

    Open Access•Carolina Sarrate‐Costa, Carolina Sarrate-Costa et al.•ARTICLE•Current Psychology•2023

    Polyvagal theory proposed that an autonomous nervous system imbalance might be characteristic of violent individuals, especially reduced parasympathetic or vagal tone. Accordingly, some studies concluded that when intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators deal with acute stress, they tend to present a sympathetic predominance over the parasympathetic nervous system once the stress has ended. However, less is known about cognitive mechanisms th…

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

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2023•References: 62

    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 …

  • Diminished vagally mediated heart rate variability in a compassion-eliciting task in intimate partner violence offenders

    Open Access•Isabel R Moreno, Rúben Sousa et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 65

    Recent research has identified different psychobiological mechanisms underlying Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). However, vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV), a measure of parasympathetic activity, has been scarcely studied in IPV perpetrators. Low vmHRV activity has been found to be associated with maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and negative affect, whereas high vmHRV functioning has been related to higher social engagemen…

  • Low sadness and high happiness facial prevalence to others' suffering in intimate partner violence against women perpetrators

    Open Access•Javier Comes‐Fayos, Ángel Romero‐martínez et al.•ARTICLE•Current Psychology•2024

    An aligned facial response to others' emotions has been linked to adaptive social interactions. Interestingly, maladjusted emotional response has been recognized as a significant risk factor for intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). However, the facial response of IPVAW perpetrators to others' negative emotions remains unclear. The present study analyzes the emotional facial response, as well as self-reported emotions, of IPVAW perpetr…

  • Weakened sympathetic response and lower parasympathetic activity in intimate partner violence perpetrators when empathizing

    Open Access•Javier Comes‐Fayos, Isabel R Moreno et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2024•References: 77

    The autonomic nervous system (ANS) functioning has been proposed as a relevant method to characterize the therapeutic needs of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Nevertheless, research has neglected the influence of the ANS on socio‐affective functions in this population. The aim of the present study was to analyze the psychophysiological activity of IPV perpetrators ( n = 52) compared to controls ( n = 46) following an empathic induct…

  • Suicidal Ideation among Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators Partly Explained by the Interaction between Borderline Traits and both Personal Distress and Impulsivity

    Open Access•Ángel Romero‐martínez, Marisol Lila et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Family Violence•2025•References: 3

    Purpose Some studies have highlighted the presence and persistence of suicidal ideation (thoughts) among individuals convicted of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration immediately after receiving their sentence. This calls for an exploration of the variables that can explain the emergence of these types of thoughts. For example, it seems that borderline and antisocial personality traits among these men are strongly associated with these ty…

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