Citation

Hoaken PN, Pihl RO. Alcohol Alcohol. 2000; 35(5): 471-477.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, 1205 Dr Penfield Avenue, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11022022

Abstract

A considerable literature, clinical and experimental, has demonstrated the aggression-eliciting effects of alcohol intoxication. However, the focus of the experimental literature has been primarily on men and the studies on women have been inconclusive. This study was conducted to test for possible gender differences in the manifestation of alcohol-induced aggression. Participants were 54 males and 60 females, aged 18-30 years, who competed in a competitive aggression paradigm either sober or intoxicated. As expected, intoxicated men were more aggressive than their sober peers. However, under high provocation, both sober and intoxicated, women manifested aggression comparable to the intoxicated men. This study suggests that women can be as aggressive as men, and that alcohol intoxication does not seem to be as important a determining factor.

Language: en