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Alcohol misuse reduction as a priority in initial stages of intervention with intimate partner violence perpetrators Ángel Romero-Martínez, Marisol Lila and Luis Moya Albiol University of Valencia, Spain

t has been previously established that antisocial, borderline and narcissistic personality traits are very Icommon among Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) perpetrators. Moreover, these traits might partly explain the risk of IPV reoffending. However, little is known about whether drug misuse moderates the association between these personality traits and the risk of IPV reoffending in IPV perpetrators. Accordingly, the main aim of this study was to explore associations between antisocial, borderline and narcissistic traits and drug misuse and the risk of in this population. The sample consisted of 435 IPV perpetrators. For personality assessment, we employed the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. Finally, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was employed for alcohol use and the Severity of Dependence Scales (SDS) for Cannabis and Cocaine. Our results revealed that only high antisocial and borderline personality traits predicted the risk of IPV reoffending. Furthermore, the inclusion of drug misuse revealed that high alcohol misuse increases the amount of explained variance in the risk of reoffending, but it did not moderate the association between these previously mentioned personality traits and the risk of IPV reoffending. The results of our study reinforce the importance of considering alcohol misuse in IPV interventions. In fact, these results may help professionals in IPV interventions to develop specific intervention programs focusing on reducing alcohol misuse during initial stages of IPV intervention, in order to prevent the future risk of IPV reoffending.

Biography Ángel Romero-Martínez graduated in Psychology (2010), and holds a PhD in (2013) and he was awarded an extraordinary PhD award (2015) by the University of Valencia. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor Doctor in this university. He has conducted 5 research stays in pioneering centers in neurosciences. His pro career is devoted to the study of human violent behavior. In fact, his body of work includes 6 research projects, 70 published scientific articles, 11 book chapters and more than 90 presentations. Currently overseeing two projects as lead researcher, Ángel Romero-Martínez is focusing on the study of the relationship between brain connectivity patterns and propensity to violence in abusers. Finally, it is worth mentioning that he has received the 7th Psicofundación Prize for research (2017), the prestigious Leonardo Fellowship of the BBVA Foundation (2018), the recognition of a six-year investigation by the AVAP and the direction of 2 doctoral theses.

Luis Moya Albiol is Full Professor of the Department of Psychobiology in the University of Valencia (Spain). His PhD in Psychology and Neurosciences was qualified of cum laude and awarded due to its exceptionality. He is the director of the first world Master in Neurocriminology and teach in both Psychology and graduate and postgraduate studies. He is the main researcher of a scientific team focused of Social , concretely in subjects as social stress, violence, cooperation and empathy. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals, together with several scientific and informative books. He is very involved in both the transfer and the exchange of knowledge, which is why he has promoted agreements and collaborations with associations, companies and other universities. It is also distinguished by its contribution to the dissemination of science in television, radio, specialized magazines and the press.

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