Citation

Gustafson R. J. Stud. Alcohol. Suppl. 1993; 11: 20-29.

Affiliation

Department of Social Sciences, University of Orebro, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8410961

Abstract

This article reviews the acute effects of alcohol on aggressive responding. The review is restricted to experimental research that use human subjects. It is concluded that a moderate dose of alcohol does not increase aggression if subjects are unprovoked. Under provocative conditions aggression is increased as a function of alcohol intoxication provided that subjects are restricted to an aggressive response. If subjects also have access to a nonaggressive response, no increase in aggression is observed. Disinhibition and arousal cannot explain the empirical results. A model assuming changes in attentional processes is a more promising explanation.

Language: en