Alcohol's effect on triggered displaced aggression.
The authors examined alcohol's effect on triggered displaced aggression, the hostile reaction to a second provoking person after provocation from a first. Participants consumed an alcoholic or a nonalcoholic beverage. Subsequently, one individual provoked all of them with moderate intensity. Then, 2 groups were studied: those who received or who failed to receive a second provocation of minimal intensity. Consistent with prior research, participants who received a second, minimal provocation displayed more aggression than those who did not. After participants drank alcohol, the magnitude of this difference was significantly greater, indicating that alcohol increases triggered displaced aggression.
Aviles
Fredy
F
Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061, USA.
Earleywine
Mitchell
M
Pollock
Vicki
V
Stratton
Joy
J
Miller
Norman
N
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D003463:Cues; D004208:Displacement, Psychological; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000431:Ethanol