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Independent, UK - Jul 31, 2008
... is required (and if the link between alcohol and female violence is even half way proved, it seems like a handy place to start). Aggression, as we never ...

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Canada.com, Canada - Aug 1, 2008
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NEWS.com.au, Australia - Aug 3, 2008
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Canada.com, Canada - Aug 1, 2008
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?She was ripe for the plucking?
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Aug 2, 2008
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Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Aug 2, 2008
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[PDF] Effects of alcohol on human aggression: An integrative research review -
BJ Bushman, HM Cooper - Psychological Bulletin, 1990 - www-personal.umich.edu
... Thus, the present review includes only studies that used the experi- mental
method to examine the relation between alcohol and aggression. ...

… advertising and brand allegiance on drinking and alcohol-related aggression: a longitudinal study -
S Casswell, JF Zhang - Addiction, 1998 - Blackwell Synergy
... 0.66 0.36 0.24 0.26 0.95 ... Figure 1. Structural equation model with standardized solution.
in the measure of alcohol-related aggression was explained in ...

Aggression involving alcohol: relationship to drinking patterns and social context. -
S Wells, K Graham - Addiction, 2003 - pt.wkhealth.com
... As shown in Table 1, alcohol involvement per se ... In addition, a summary score of
aggression severity (ie ... with respondent's intoxication level (r = 0.36, P < 0.01 ...

Alcohol-Related Aggression in Males and Females: Effects of Blood Alcohol Concentration, Subjective … -
PR Giancola, A Zeichner - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 1995 - Blackwell Synergy
... 1. BAC 0.28 0.36 0.48*? 0.41? 3. BDHI Assault -0.42? -0.01 0.54** 0.48? ... Page
4. ALCOHOL AND AGGRESSION 133 should also be assessed. ...

The Nexus between Alcohol and Violent Crime -
L Zhang, WF Wieczorek, JW Welte - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 1997 - Blackwell Synergy
... traits, such as impulsivity, should be taken into account in the association
of alcohol and aggression. Thus, the previous studies ...

Aggressive and Nonaggressive Behavior as a Function of Alcohol Intoxication and Frustration in Women -
R Gustafson - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 1991 - Blackwell Synergy
... that all subjects rated themselves as moderate social drinkers, that is, their mean
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Zolmitriptan-a 5-HT 1B/D agonist, alcohol, and aggression in mice -
RM de Almeida, EM Nikulina, S Faccidomo, EW Fish, … - Psychopharmacology, 2001 - Springer
... Alcohol dose(g/kg) 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 ... Aggressive behaviors Pursuit frequency
AHA 2.88?.58 2.02?.54 0 ... ANA 1.11?.20 0.86?.14 0.36?0.2 0.65?0.2 1.00 ...

… values, the Big Five, provoking hypothetical situations, alcohol consumption patterns, and alcohol … -
PF Tremblay, LA Ewart - Personality and Individual Differences, 2005 - Elsevier
... correlates significantly with Tension Reduction (r=0.36; PR=0.35, p ... high
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Serotonin, Impulsivity, and Alcohol Use Disorders in the Older Adolescent: A Psychobiological Study. -
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... Negative Affectivity factor (r = +0.36, p = 0.06 ... before testing, abstinence for alcohol
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THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL IN MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY FROM INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE -
RN NORTON, MY MORGAN - Alcohol and Alcoholism, 1989 - Med Council on Alcohol
... consuming alcohol; the risks ranged from 0.10 (CI = 0.03-0.36) to 0.27 ... Perpetration
of aggressive and violent offences Criminal victimization ... Alcohol in blood ...

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The Effect Of Alcohol On Aggression
The link between alcohol and aggression is well known. What's not so clear is just why drunks get belligerent. What is it about the brain-on-alcohol that makes fighting seem like a good idea "and do all intoxicated people get more aggressive" or "does it depend on the circumstances"?

University of Kentucky psychologist Peter Giancola and his student Michelle Corman decided to explore these questions in the laboratory. One theory about alcohol and aggression is that drinking impairs the part of the brain involved in allocating our limited mental resources -- specifically attention and working memory. When we can only focus on a fraction of what's going on around us, the theory holds, drunks narrow their social vision, concentrating myopically on provocative cues and ignoring things that might have a calming or inhibiting effect.
The scientists tested this idea on a group of young Kentucky men. Some of the men drank three to four screwdrivers before the experiment, while others stayed sober. Then they had them all compete against another person in a somewhat stressful game that required very quick responses. Every time they lost a round, they received a shock varying in intensity. Likewise, when they won a round they gave their opponent a shock. The idea was to see how alcohol affected the men's belligerence, as measured by the kinds of shocks they chose to hand out.

But there was more to it. Giancola and Corman also deliberately manipulated some of the volunteers' cognitive powers. They required them -- some drinkers, some not -- to simultaneously perform a difficult memory task. The idea was to see if they could distract those who were "under the influence" from their "hostile" situation. If they could tax their limited powers of concentration, perhaps they wouldn't process the fact that someone was zapping them with electricity.

And that's exactly what happened. As reported in the July issue of Psychological Science, the drunks who had nothing to distract them were predictably mean, exhibiting aggression towards their adversaries. However, the drunks whose attention was focused elsewhere were actually less aggressive than the sober non-drinkers. This seems counterintuitive at first, but it's really not: the sober men were cognitively intact, so they would naturally attend to both provocations and distractions in the room, resulting in some low level of aggression.

It appears that alcohol has the potential to both increase and decrease aggression, depending on where's one's attention is focused. The psychologists speculate that working memory is crucial not only to barroom behavior, but to all social behavior, because it provides the capacity for self-reflection and strategic planning. Activating working memory with salient, non-hostile, and health-promoting thoughts, in effect reduces the "cognitive space" available for inclinations towards violence.

Psychological Science is ranked among the top 10 general psychology journals for impact by the Institute for Scientific Information.

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Source: Catherine West
Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
 
 
 
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