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Antisocial Personality Disorder and Alcohol‐Induced Aggression
Author(s) -
Moeller F. Gerard,
Dougherty Donald M.,
Lane Scott D.,
Steinberg Joel L.,
Cherek Don R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb05896.x
Subject(s) - aggression , antisocial personality disorder , alcohol , psychology , alcohol consumption , psychiatry , placebo , personality , poison control , clinical psychology , injury prevention , medicine , chemistry , social psychology , medical emergency , pathology , biochemistry , alternative medicine
This study compared the effects of alcohol on aggressive responding between subjects with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and subjects without ASPD. Eighteen alcohol drinking subjects (10 subjects without ASPD and 8 subjects with ASPD) underwent testing on a laboratory measure of aggression, the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm, after consumption of placebo and three doses of alcohol (0.25 g/kg, 0.5 g/kg, and 1.0 g/kg). There was a significant difference in the effect of alcohol on aggressive responding on the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm between subjects with ASPD and subjects without ASPD. Subjects with ASPD had a greater increase in aggressive responding after alcohol, compared with non‐ASPD subjects. There was no difference between the two groups in the effect of alcohol on monetary‐reinforced responding.