Abstract Most Spanish prisons provide specialised treatment for incarcerated sex offenders, both rapists and child molesters. This treatment is a cognitive-behavioural intervention that has shown relative effectiveness in previous research. With regard to offenders’ rehabilitation, recidivism assessments are necessary as a final measure of treatment effectiveness. However, the evaluation of recidivism by itself does not provide sufficient information on the treatment process and the specific effects that treated subjects could undergo. This paper aims to analyse the therapeutic effectiveness of psychological treatment provided to rapists (in general, males sentenced for committing a sexual offence against women). To this aim, a group of treated rapists (N = 153) serving a sentence in prison was analysed. Using a specially designed scale (PASSO), the global therapeutic change and ten specific variables (including assertiveness, readiness to change, cognitive distortions, impulsivity, etc.) were assessed. The within-subjects comparison showed that treated sex offenders improved, in therapeutic terms, globally as well as in most of the specific variables assessed (improvements not experimented by the control group). Also, different therapeutic subscales showed relevant associations between them. The findings regarding treatment effectiveness are discussed.

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监禁强奸犯的心理治疗和治疗改变

摘要大多数西班牙监狱都为强奸犯和mole亵儿童提供了专门的监禁。这种治疗是一种认知行为干预，在先前的研究中已显示出相对的有效性。关于罪犯的康复，有必要对累犯进行评估，作为治疗效果的最终指标。然而，对累犯的评估本身并不能提供有关治疗过程和被治疗者可能遭受的特定影响的足够信息。本文旨在分析提供给强奸犯的心理治疗的疗效（通常，男性因对女性实施性犯罪而被判刑）。为此，分析了一组在监狱中服刑的治疗强奸犯（N = 153）。使用专门设计的秤（PASSO），评估了全球治疗变化和十个具体变量（包括自信，变化的准备程度，认知失真，冲动性等）。受试者内部的比较表明，就治疗而言，治疗的性罪犯在总体上以及大多数评估的特定变量中都有改善（对照组未进行过改进）。同样，不同的治疗量表显示出它们之间的相关联系。讨论了有关治疗效果的发现。全球以及大多数评估的特定变量（对照组未尝试改进）。同样，不同的治疗量表显示出它们之间的相关联系。讨论了有关治疗效果的发现。全球以及大多数评估的特定变量（对照组未尝试改进）。同样，不同的治疗量表显示出它们之间的相关联系。讨论了有关治疗效果的发现。