TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Hormonal profile in response to an empathic induction task in perpetrators of intimate partner violence: oxytocin/testosterone ratio and social cognition
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Comes-Fayos, Javier
A1  - Romero-Martínez, Ángel
A1  - Rodríguez Moreno, Isabel
A1  - Blanco-Gandía, María Carmen
A1  - Rodriguez-Arias, Marta
A1  - Lila, Marisol
A1  - Blasco-Ros, Concepcion
A1  - Bressanutti, Sara
A1  - Moya-Albiol, Luis
SP  - e7897
EP  - e7897
VL  - 19
IS  - 13
N2  - 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 empathic induction task on endogenous sOXT, sT and sC levels, as well as their hormonal ratios, in IPV perpetrators (n = 12), and compared them to controls (n = 12). Additionally, we explored the predictive capacity of empathy-related functions (measured with the interpersonal reactivity index) in the hormonal responses to the task. IPV perpetrators presented lower sOXT changes and higher total sT levels than controls after the task, lower sOXT/T change and total sOXT/T levels, as well as higher total sT/C levels. Notably, for all participants, the lower the perspective taking score, the lower the total sOXT levels and sOXT changes and the higher the sT changes were. Low perspective taking also predicted smaller sOXT/T and sOXT/C changes in the empathic induction task, and higher total sT/C levels for all participants. Therefore, our results could contribute to furthering our ability to focus on new therapeutic targets, increasing the effectiveness of intervention programs and helping to reduce IPV recidivism in the medium term.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137897
ID  - ref1
ER  -