title: The proximal effects of acute alcohol use on female aggression: A meta-analytic review of the experimental literature.
abstract: Experimental research on alcohol-related aggression has focused largely upon male participants, providing only a limited understanding of the proximal effects of acute alcohol use on aggression among females extrapolated from the male literature. The current meta-analysis was undertaken to summarize the effects of alcohol, compared to placebo or no alcohol, on female aggression as observed across experimental investigations. A review of the literature yielded 11 articles and 12 effect sizes for further analysis. The overall effect size of alcohol on female aggression was small and reached statistical significance (d = .17, p = .02, 95% confidence interval [.03, .30]). Meta-analytic examination of the experimental literature indicated that alcohol is a significant factor in female aggression. The overall alcohol-aggression effect was smaller than has been observed among male samples. Additional research is required to evaluate the influence of other factors on alcohol-related aggressive responding among female participants. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: Cory A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: MacKenzie L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Licata
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Florida.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Schlauch
authors.affiliation: Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: Caroline J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Easton
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans