Alcohol-aggression expectancies and dispositional rumination moderate the effect of alcohol consumption on alcohol-related aggression and hostility.
Alcohol consumption increases aggression, but only in some drinkers. This study extends previous work to show how expectancies for alcohol-induced aggression and dispositional rumination moderate the link between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related aggression and hostility in a sample of 285 men and women. Alcohol-aggression expectancies and quantity of alcohol interacted to predict alcohol-related hostility and aggression. Trait rumination moderated the effect of alcohol consumption on aggressive acts. Finally, women who ruminated were more likely to report alcohol-related aggression than were men who ruminated. These results suggest that alcohol expectancies for aggression and rumination constitute two important cognitive facilitators of alcohol-related aggression and hostility, and that gender plays an important role in these relations.
Borders
Ashley
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Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90098-1061, USA. cborders@usc.edu
Barnwell
Sara Smucker
SS
Earleywine
Mitch
M
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D002140:California; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010551:Personality; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors