title: The Proximal Effects of Acute Alcohol Consumption on Male-to-Female Aggression: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Experimental Literature.
abstract: The current meta-analytic review examined the experimental literature to quantify the causal effect of acute alcohol consumption on self-reported and observed indicators of male-to-female general, sexual, and intimate partner aggression. Database and reference list searches yielded 22 studies conducted between 1981 and 2014 that met all criteria for inclusion and that were subjected to full text coding for analysis. Results detected a significant overall effect (d = .36), indicating that male participants who consumed alcohol evidenced greater aggressive behavior toward females while completing a subsequent laboratory aggression paradigm than male participants who received no alcohol. We found homogeneity across all categories of potential moderator variables. Results further indicated that alcohol resulted in comparable increases of male-to-female sexual (d = .32) and intimate partner (d = .45) aggression. Further research is required to draw meaningful conclusions about individual and situational factors that may interact with acute alcohol consumption to produce the highest levels of risk.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA cacihst@rit.edu.
authors.forename: Cory A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.affiliation: Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Godleski
authors.affiliation: Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sarahmona M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Przybyla
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Schlauch
authors.affiliation: Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Testa
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000067401:Blood Alcohol Content; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D000067401:Blood Alcohol Content
keywords: alcohol; experiment; intimate partner aggression; meta-analysis; sexual aggression