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Commentary on: Romero-Martínez Á, Lila M, Gracia E, et al. Improving empathy with motivational strategies in batterer intervention programmes: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Br J Clin Psychol 2018, doi:10.1111/bjc.12204.
Implications for practice and research
Adding individualised motivational plans (IMP) to standard batterer intervention programmes (SBIP) may enhance specific cognitive processes associated with empathy to increase behavioural control in perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV).
IMP uses several intervention strategies (ie, motivational interviewing, therapists and group goal reinforcement, and retention techniques) concomitantly. Future research is needed to identify the contribution of each intervention strategy and their combined effects on the treatment outcome(s).
Context
There is a growing body of literature that supports motivational intervention treatments …
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Competing interests None declared.
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