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  • Differential Treatment Response of Proactive and Reactive Partner Abusive Men: Results from a Laboratory Proximal Change Experiment Julia C. Babcock Sheetal Kini Donald A. Godfrey Lindsey Rodriguez Psicología Treatment matching Observational coding Couples’ interactions Battering intervention Intimate partner violence Objective: The current study reexamines data from Babcock et al. (2011) proximal change experiment to discern the differential utility of two communication skills-based interventions for proactive and reactive partner violence offenders. Method: Partner violent men were randomly assigned to the Editing Out the Negative skill, the Accepting Influence skill, or to a placebo/timeout and reengaged in a conflict discussion with their partners. Proactivity was tested as a moderator of immediate intervention outcomes. The ability to learn the communication skills, changes in self-reported affect, observed aggression, and psychophysiological responding were examined as a function of proactivity of violence. Results: Highly proactive men had some difficulty learning the Accepting Influence skill and they responded poorly to this intervention. They responded positively to the Editing Out the Negative technique, with less aggression, more positive affect, and lower heart rates. Low proactive (i.e., reactive) men tended to feel less aggressive, more positive, and less physiologically aroused after completing the Accepting Influence technique. Conclusions: This study lends support for tailoring batterer interventions specific to perpetrator characteristics. 2024 artículo científico 1132-0559 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=179877822004 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179877822004/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179877822004/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179877822004/179877822004.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1798/179877822004/movil https://doi.org/10.5093/pi2024a2 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1798 Psychosocial Intervention application/pdf Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid Psychosocial Intervention (España) Num.1 Vol.33