title: Psychopathy and the prediction of alcohol-related physical aggression: the roles of impulsive antisociality and fearless dominance.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is well established that individual difference factors modulate aggression under the acute effects of alcohol. In this investigation, we tested the hypothesis that one core dimension of psychopathy, Impulsive Antisociality, would modulate intoxicated aggression, whereas another dimension, Fearless Dominance, would not.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 516 young social drinkers (253 men and 263 women). Psychopathy was measured using the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI; Lilienfeld and Andrews, 1996). Following the consumption of either an alcohol or a placebo beverage, aggression was measured with a task in which participants administered and received electric shocks to/from a fictitious opponent under the guise of a competitive reaction-time task.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hierarchical regression analyses supported our hypothesis: Impulsive Antisociality predicted aggression under alcohol, whereas Fearless Dominance did not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Persons who tend to endorse antisocial and impulsive externalizing behaviors appear to be at greater risk for aggression under the acute influence of alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40509, USA.
authors.forename: Erica L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Birkley
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Giancola
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lance
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol