Citation

Logue PE, Gentry WD, Linnoila M, Erwin CW. Am. J. Psychiatry 1978; 135(9): 1079-1081.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

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PMID

696929

Abstract

Ten male and 10 female nonalcoholic college students were given drinks having alcohol levels of 0, 0.5, 0.8, and 1.2 g/kg. They were then given four complex psychomotor tests, immediately before and after which they were given the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory, and asked to rate their performance on a five-point scale. Mean anxiety change scores were -.90,.75, 4.75, and 5.55 for the four alcohol doses, respectively. There was no significant correlation between anxiety change and actual performance on the visual vigilance task, but for males there was a significant correlation between anxiety change and perceived level of impairment.

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