TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - An investigation of the correlations between aggression, impulsiveness, social problem-solving, and alcohol use
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - McMurran, M.
A1  - Blair, Mitch
A1  - Egan, Vincent
SP  - 439
EP  - 445
VL  - 28
IS  - 6
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -