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Citation

Gustafson R. Aggressive Behav. 1999; 25(6): 401-408.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

The present study tested the so-called type-of-drink effect on aggression, that is, the idea that moderate acute alcohol intoxication elicits more aggression when the alcohol is drunk in the form of spirits than in the form of beer or wine, A computerized version of the Taylor "aggression machine" was used. Spirits-drinking subjects drank 1.0 ml of 100% alcohol per kg body weight. To compensate for the lower alcohol concentration, beer- and,vine-drinking subjects drank 20% more. No significant differences were found between drinkers of different beverages in terms of blood alcohol levels, Results indicated that spirits elicited more direct physical aggression than either beer or wine. Three different possible explanations for this finding were discussed.

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