Purpose Current interventions for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators are designed to reduce IPV recidivism by treating risk factors and increasing protective factors. However, these interventions pay less attention to cognitive functioning in IPV perpetrators and how these variables interfere with the future risk of recidivism. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to compare the effectiveness of Standard Intervention Programs for men who perpetrate IPV [SIP] + cognitive training vs SIP + placebo training in promoting cognitive improvements and reducing recidivism. Furthermore, we also aimed to assess whether changes in the risk of recidivism would be related to cognitive changes after the intervention. Method IPV perpetrators who agreed to participate were randomly allocated to receive SIP + cognitive training or SIP + placebo training. Several cognitive variables were assessed before and after the interventions with a complete battery of neuropsychological tests assessing processing speed, memory, attention, executive functions, and emotion decoding abilities. Moreover, we also assessed the risk of recidivism. Results Our data pointed out that only the IPV perpetrators who received the SIP + cognitive training improved their processing speed and cognitive flexibility after this intervention. Furthermore, these participants presented the lowest risk of recidivism after the intervention. Nonetheless, cognitive improvements and reductions in the risk of recidivism after the intervention were unrelated. Conclusions Our study reinforces the importance of implementing cognitive training to reduce risk of recidivism after SIP. Hence, these results might encourage professionals to incorporate neuropsychological variables in IPV intervention programs.

目的目前针对亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 施暴者的干预措施旨在通过治疗风险因素和增加保护因素来减少 IPV 累犯。然而，这些干预措施较少关注 IPV 犯罪者的认知功能以及这些变量如何干扰未来的累犯风险。因此，本研究的主要目的是比较标准干预计划对实施 IPV [SIP] + 认知训练与 SIP + 安慰剂训练的男性在促进认知改善和减少累犯方面的有效性。此外，我们还旨在评估累犯风险的变化是否与干预后的认知变化有关。方法同意参与的 IPV 施暴者被随机分配接受 SIP + 认知训练或 SIP + 安慰剂训练。在干预之前和之后评估了几个认知变量，并通过一系列完整的神经心理学测试来评估处理速度、记忆力、注意力、执行功能和情绪解码能力。此外，我们还评估了累犯的风险。结果我们的数据指出，只有接受过 SIP + 认知训练的 IPV 施暴者在此干预后提高了他们的处理速度和认知灵活性。此外，这些参与者在干预后的再犯风险最低。尽管如此，干预后认知改善和累犯风险降低是无关的。结论我们的研究强调了实施认知训练以降低 SIP 后累犯风险的重要性。因此，这些结果可能会鼓励专业人员将神经心理学变量纳入 IPV 干预计划。