@article{ref1,
title="An investigation of the correlations between aggression, impulsiveness, social problem-solving, and alcohol use",
journal="Aggressive behavior",
year="2002",
author="McMurran, M. and Blair, Mitch and Egan, Vincent",
volume="28",
number="6",
pages="439-445",
abstract="Impulsivity has been shown to predict aggression and heavy drinking in males, and poor social problem-solving has been identified as a potential mediating variable in this relationship. We set out to investigate the inter-relationships among impulsiveness, social problem-solving, aggression, and alcohol use in a non-offender sample of British males (N = 70). Of our proposed relationships, only two were significant: higher impulsivity was related to poorer social problem-solving, and poorer social problem-solving was related to greater aggression. Combining impulsivity and social problem-solving indicated that poor social problem-solving, not impulsivity, was what exerted the influence over aggression in this sample. Impulsivity perhaps presents an obstacle to learning in the early developmental years, and the legacy of poor problem-solving is what later contributes to aggression. <p />",
language="en",
issn="0096-140X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}