RT Journal Article
T1 Resting-state functional connectivity and socioemotional processes in male perpetrators of intimate partner violence against women
A1 Amaoui, Sofía
A1 Martín Pérez, Cristina
A1 Marín Morales, Agar
A1 Bueso Izquierdo, Natalia
A1 García León, María Ángeles
A1 Pérez García, Miguel
A1 Verdejo Román, Juan
AB Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a serious and overwhelming public concern. Neuroimaging techniques have provided insights into the brain mechanisms underlying IPVAW perpetration. The purpose of this study is to examine the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) involving the process of social decision-making of male perpetrators. Twenty-six male perpetrators convicted for an IPVAW crime were compared to 29 men convicted for crimes other than IPVAW (other offenders) and 29 men with no criminal records (non-offenders) using a seed-based approach. Seeds were located in areas involved in reflective (prefrontal), impulsive (amygdala and striatum) and interoceptive (insula) processing. Then, as an exploratory analysis, the connectivity networks on male perpetrators were correlated with measures of executive functions and socioemotional self-report measures. Male perpetrators in comparison to other offenders and non-offenders, presented higher rsFC between prefrontal, limbic, brainstem, temporal and basal ganglia areas. Also male perpetrators showed higher rsFC between insula, default mode network and basal ganglia, while lower rsFC was found between prefrontal and motor areas and between amygdala, occipital and parietal areas. Exploratory correlations suggest that the specific rsFC in male perpetrators might be more related to socioemotional processes than to executive functions. These results showed that male perpetrators present a specific rsFC in brain systems that are essential for an adaptive social decision-making.
PB Nature Research
SN 2045-2322 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21729
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21729
LA eng
NO Amaoui, S., Martín-Pérez, C., Marín-Morales, A. et al. Resting-state functional connectivity and socioemotional processes in male perpetrators of intimate partner violence against women. Sci Rep 12, 10090 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14181-2
NO The research was financially supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Project: PSI2016-79481-R) “How does male perpetrators’ brain work when they make moral decisions?” and (Project: PID2019-111565GB) "Emotional regulation in male perpetrators of women victims of intimate partner violence: brain mechanisms and their relationship with violence variables''. S.A is supported by a research contract financed by the project. A.M.M is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (University Faculty Training program: FPU15/04335). J.V.R is supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FJCI-2017-33396). This work counts on the resources of the research group CTS-581 at the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 2 jun 2026