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Citation

MacDonald TK, Zanna MP, Fong GT. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 1995; 68(6): 973-985.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7608860

Abstract

A laboratory experiment and 2 field studies tested the hypothesis that alcohol affects attitudes and intentions toward drinking and driving. Sober and intoxicated participants completed a questionnaire assessing their attitudes and intentions to drink and drive in a number of situations. Results indicated that when asked general or noncontingent questions, sober and intoxicated participants were equally negative about this behavior. However, when a contingency was embedded in the question (e.g., "would you drink and drive only a short distance?"), intoxicated participants were significantly less negative about drinking and driving. These results are consistent with alcohol myopia (C. M. Steele & R. A. Josephs, 1990)--the notion that alcohol intoxication decreases cognitive capacity so that people are more likely to attend to only the most salient cues.

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