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Alcohol and aggression: A replication study controlling for potential confounding variables
Author(s) -
Gustafson Roland
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1992)18:1<21::aid-ab2480180103>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - confounding , aggression , replication (statistics) , poison control , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , alcohol , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , chemistry , biochemistry
An experiment tested whether the Taylor reaction time paradigm generates a valid measure of aggression when used in alcohol research and when identified confounding influences are controlled. The Alcohol group drank 1.2 ml of 100% alcohel/kg body weight and was compared with a Control group drinking the equivalent amount of tonic. Subjects were tested in an exact replica of Taylor's paradigm. Results indicated that intoxicated subjects were more aggressive both when provoked and when not provoked, which was interpreted as supportive of the validity of this procedure. Discussion was concentrated on the role of dose level and number of and form of available alternatives to behave in the test situation.