Table 5.
Significant associations between the ability to down-regulate emotions in response to IPVAW-related stimuli and effective connectivity in male perpetrators
| Network | Connectivity | Association with covariate | Effect size in Hz | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source | Target | ||||
| Inhibition | LIFG | → | RMFG | + | 0.31 |
| LIFG | → | LSTG | + | 0.10 | |
| LIFG | → | RSMG | + | 0.16 | |
| RIFG | → | LMeFG | + | 0.07 | |
| RMFG | → | LSTG | + | 0.18 | |
| LMTG | → | RIFG | + | 0.12 | |
| LMTG | → | RMFG | + | 0.10 | |
| LMTG | → | LMeFG | + | 0.11 | |
| RMFG | → | LIFG | − | −0.24 | |
| RMFG | → | LMeFG | − | −0.21 | |
| LMTG | → | LSTG | − | −0.12 | |
| LSTG | → | LIFG | − | −0.11 | |
| RSMG | → | LIFG | − | −0.09 | |
| Excitation | LIFG | → | LMeFG | + | 0.11 |
| RMFG | → | RSMG | + | 0.35 | |
| LMeFG | → | RMFG | + | 0.09 | |
| RSMG | → | RIFG | + | 0.12 | |
| LIFG | → | LMTG | − | −0.14 | |
| RIFG | → | RSMG | − | −0.21 | |
| LMeFG | → | LIFG | − | −0.21 | |
| LMeFG | → | RIFG | − | −0.10 | |
| LMeFG | → | LSTG | − | −0.21 | |
| LSTG | → | RMFG | − | −0.12 | |
| RSMG | → | LSTG | − | −0.07 | |
MPG = male perpetrator group; association with the covariate: " + " represents a positive correlation between the specific effective connectivity and the covariate of interest, while "-" represents a negative correlation. Left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG), right inferior frontal gyrus (RIFG), right middle frontal gyrus (RMFG), left medial frontal gyrus (LMeFG), left middle temporal gyrus (LMTG), left superior temporal gyrus (LSTG) and right supramarginal gyrus (RSMG)