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Intimate partner violence, or violence against women as perpetrated by partners or ex-partners, constitutes a serious public health problem in our society. Such violence is a predicting variable for physical and mental health outcomes in the general female population, affecting their quality of life due to the threat and loss of emotional wellbeing, as well as a myriad of other physical, psychological, neurological, and cognitive problems.
Project BELIEVE assesses neuropsychological or cognitive sequelae (attention, memory, reasoning, decision making, etc.) in women who have suffered intimate partner violence (IPV). In addition, we will evaluate a rehabilitation program used to diminish or alleviate the sequelae found in the initial evaluation. The nature of this project is fundamentally interdisciplinary, integrating the innovative advances of neuroscience with psychological findings. Our objective is to understand the implications of intimate partner violence on the brain and psychological functioning in battered women.
Research has demonstrated a relationship between brain damage and abuse in female victims of IPV. Nevertheless, there are few studies in this line of research and the number of women suffering neuropsychological deficits remains unknown in Spain. To this end, we will administer a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation to assess deficits resulting from abuse. This project employs a universal focus from a neuropsychological perspective, while taking into account neurocognition, emotional wellbeing, and social sequelae.
A cognitive stimulation workshop will be developed in order to reduce deficits found in women who have suffered intimate partner violence. Historically, psychological treatment for battered women has focused on the psychological symptoms of chronic anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and depression. Nevertheless, such treatment tends to leave cognitive rehabilitation aside which may have important implications in terms of adherence to treatment protocol and efficacy. This workshop will, therefore, focus on cognitive functioning while taking into account the psychological symptoms that are traditionally treated in female victims.
In this project, we consider a new perspective from a neuropsychological standpoint by responding to these concerns through the neuropsychological evaluation and rehabilitation of battered women.
The Believe Project would like to give a sincere thanks to the Ana Bella Association [Asociación Ana Bella] in Granada, with our special gratitude to Ms. Amparo Quiroga, for their collaboration in the project. The Ana Bella Association has been integral to the Believe Project, helping to recruit participants for the validation...
On March 31st, the Believe Project presented information about the research we are carrying on on female victims and survivors. To see the presentation please feel free to click on the video link on the Pink Concussion’s webpage.
In July (2017), our team presented a symposium at the 3rd National Psychology Conference of Spain to speak about the implications of neuroscience in intimate partner violence. From left to right. Dr. Miguel Pérez García, tenured professor at the University of Granada in the Department of Personality, Psychological...
