TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Automatic Effects of Alcohol and Aggressive Cues on Aggressive Thoughts and Behaviors
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Subra, Baptiste
A1  - Muller, Dominique
A1  - Bègue, Laurent
A1  - Bushman, Brad J.
A1  - Delmas, Florian
SP  - 1052
EP  - 1057
VL  - 36
IS  - 8
N2  - Numerous studies have shown that alcohol increases aggression. In this article it is proposed that the link between alcohol and aggression is so strong that mere exposure to alcohol-related cues will automatically activate aggressive thoughts and behaviors. Two experiments tested this automaticity theory of alcohol-related aggression. In Experiment 1, participants exposed to alcohol- or weapon-related primes made faster lexical decisions about aggression-related words than did participants exposed to neutral primes. In Experiment 2, participants exposed to alcohol- or aggression-related subliminal primes were more aggressive toward the experimenter than were participants exposed to neutral subliminal primes. In both experiments, the effects of alcohol-related cues were as strong as the effect of aggression-related cues on aggressive thoughts and behaviors. People do not need to drink a drop of alcohol to become aggressive; exposure to alcohol cues is enough to automatically increase aggression.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167210374725
ID  - ref1
ER  -