Alcohol and social power between man and woman: the function of sex-role competence.
An experiment was performed testing whether the power distribution among men and women when one of the two is moderately intoxicated is dependent on the traditional sex-role characteristics of the interaction task. Thirty man/woman dyads were randomly assigned to three different experimental groups. In all groups the men drank a moderate dose of alcohol and the women remained sober. The task was to make decisions on tasks either of a neutral kind or of a traditional male or female kind. Power was measured in terms of both decision outcomes and interaction process. Results indicated that outcome power was dependent on type of task, while process power increased for the intoxicated men irrespective of type of task. The results are discussed in terms of a compensation hypothesis.
Gustafson
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University of Orebro, Sweden.
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D000431:Ethanol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014705:Verbal Behavior
D000431:Ethanol