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Effects of Alcohol on Human Aggression
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In the present review, meta-analytic procedures were used to test the validity of three explanations of alcohol-related aggression: physiological disinhibition, expectancy, and indirect cause. According to the physiological disinhibition explanation, alcohol increases aggression directly by anesthetizing the center of the brain that normally inhibits aggressive responding. According to the expectancy explanation, alcohol increases aggression because people expect it to. According to the indirect cause explanation, alcohol increases aggression by causing changes within the person that increase the probability of aggression (e.g., by reducing intellectual functioning). The results from the review were inconsistent with the physiological disinhibition and expectancy explanations, but were consistent with the indirect cause explanation. Experimental manipulations that increased aggression (e.g., provocations, frustrations, aggressive cues) had a stronger effect on intoxicated participants than on sober participants.
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- Authors
- Bushman, B. J.
- Affiliations
- Iowa State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bushman, Brad J.
- ORCID
- Bushman, Brad J.
- Venue
- Recent Developments in Alcoholism
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 13
- Pages
- 227-243
- OpenAlex
- W158133320
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 34.95
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Keywords
- alcohol, aggression, expectancy effects, provocation, frustration, poisoning, alcohol intoxication
- MeSH terms
- Aggression, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholic Intoxication, Arousal, Humans
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