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“Novità: Guido Reni and Modernity,” in David García Cueto, Guido Reni, exh. cat. (Madrid: Museo del Prado, 2023):31–45., 2023

Byzantine Lydia: Some Remarks on Communication Routes and Settlement Places, in: P. Magdalino – N. Necipoğlu (eds.), Trade in Byzantium: Papers from the Third International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium. İstanbul 2016, 279–295.

British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2019

Objectives. Empathy (i.e., the ability to decode emotions, as well as cognitive and emotional empathy) is involved in moral reasoning, prosocial behaviour, social and emotional adequacy, mood and behaviour regulation. Hence, alterations in these functions could reduce behaviour control and the adoption of specific types of violence such as intimate partner violence (IPV). Although interventions for IPV perpetrators focus on reducing IPV risk factors and increasing protective factors to prevent this kind of violence, the study of the effectiveness of these programmes in promoting changes in empathy (cognitive and emotional) has been neglected. Design. Hence, the main aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two different modalities of IPV intervention programmes (Standard Batterer Intervention Programs [SBIP] vs. SBIP + Individualized Motivational Plan [IMP]) in promoting empathic improvements after both interventions. Method. Participants were randomly assigned to receive SBIP (n = 40) or SBIP + IMP (n = 53). The effectiveness of the intervention in the total sample and the group effects were evaluated with general linear model repeated-measures ANOVA. Results. Results revealed that only the IPV perpetrators who received the SBIP + IMP were more accurate in decoding emotional facial signals and presented better cognitive empathy (perspective taking) after the intervention programme. Conclusions. Our study reinforces the view that different modalities of IPV intervention might lead to different cognitive outcomes after the intervention. Thus, these results may help professionals to develop specific intervention programmes focused on improving cognitive abilities in order to reduce IPV recidivism. Practitioner points Interventions for batterers' neglected empathic changes after these programmes. Not enough randomized controlled trials for these kinds of interventions. An improvement in the ability to decode emotions after the intervention programme. An improvement in cognitive empathy (perspective taking) after the intervention programme. Different modalities of IPV intervention might lead to different cognitive outcomes after the intervention.

This is a draft of a commissioned paper for the volume "Exploring the Philosophy of Death and Dying. Classic and Contemporary Perspectives", eds. Michael Cholbi and Travis Timmerman, which was published in January 2021(Routledge): https://www.routledge.com/Exploring-the-Philosophy-of-Death-and-Dying-Classical-and-Contemporary/Cholbi-Timmerman/p/book/9781138393585 I argue here that our mortality, the fact that we have to die, does not compromise our ability to live a meaningful life and to do things that matter. Neither the repetitiveness nor the apparent futility, nor the cosmic insignificance of our actions robs our lives of meaning.

Philip van der Eijk is the author of this project description for our 2019-2020 Einstein Centre Chronoi research and project team.