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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 21-26 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Psychology of Addictive Behaviors |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2017 |
Keywords
- aggression
- alcohol
- experimental research
- female participants
- meta-analysis
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