RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Intrinsic neural network dynamics underlying the ability to down-regulate emotions in male perpetrators of intimate partner violence against women
A1 Amaoui, Sofia
A1 Marín Morales, Agar
A1 Martín Pérez, Cristina
A1 Pérez García, Miguel
A1 Verdejo Román, Juan
A1 Morawetz, Carmen
K1 Intimate partner violence against women
K1 Male perpetrators
K1 Emotion regulation
K1 Reappraisal
K1 61 Psicología
AB Research has pointed to difficulties in emotion regulation as a risk factor for perpetrating intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). While efforts have been made to understand the brain mechanisms underlying emotion regulation strategies such as reappraisal, little is known about the intrinsic neural dynamics supporting this strategy in male perpetrators. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to characterise the network dynamics underlying reappraisal. Spectral dynamic causal modelling was performed to examine the effective connectivity (EC) within a predefined reappraisal-related brain network. 26 men convicted for an IPVAW crime [male perpetrators] were compared to 29 men convicted of other crimes [other offenders] and 29 men with no criminal records [non-offenders]. The ability to down-regulate emotions in response to IPVAW stimuli was used as a covariate to explore its association with male perpetrators' EC. The analysis revealed that (1) compared to non-offenders, both convicted groups exhibited increased EC within prefrontal areas, enhanced EC from prefrontal to temporoparietal regions and decreased EC in the opposite direction; (2) male perpetrators compared to other offenders showed increased EC from temporoparietal to prefrontal regions and, increased EC from the supplementary motor area to frontal areas; (3) connections involving dorsolateral prefrontal cortex were found to be potential predictors of the ability to down-regulate emotions. The study provides a deeper characterisation of the brain architecture of the processes that underlie IPVAW. This knowledge could inform the work of adaptive emotion regulation strategies in intervention programmes for male perpetrators in order to reduce the high recidivism rates.
PB Springer
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61638
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61638
LA eng
NO Brain Structure and Function, 2023.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-dic-2024