Parrott Dominic J, Giancola Peter R
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0044, USA.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2004 Jun;28(6):855-64. doi: 10.1097/01.alc.0000128226.92708.21.
Trait anger has been identified as a risk factor for alcohol-related aggression. However, to develop a more accurate risk profile, it is necessary to examine the interactive relations between trait anger and other key personality variables. The present study examined the influence of anger control on alcohol-related aggression.
Participants were 164 social drinking men age 21-35 years old. Trait anger and anger control were assessed with the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (Spielberger, 1996). Following consumption of an alcoholic or placebo beverage, participants competed in an aggression paradigm in which electric shocks were received from and administered to a fictitious opponent during a competitive reaction time task. Aggression was operationalized as shock intensities administered to the opponent under conditions of low and high provocation.
Analyses indicated that trait anger significantly predicted aggression, but only among men who were intoxicated and reported low levels of anger control.
The present findings suggest that anger control may be a crucial risk factor in determining whether one's anger proneness will lead to intoxicated aggression following provocation.
特质愤怒已被确定为与酒精相关攻击行为的一个风险因素。然而，为了制定更准确的风险概况，有必要研究特质愤怒与其他关键人格变量之间的交互关系。本研究考察了愤怒控制对与酒精相关攻击行为的影响。
参与者为164名年龄在21至35岁之间的社交饮酒男性。使用状态-特质愤怒表达量表（斯皮尔伯格，1996年）评估特质愤怒和愤怒控制。在饮用酒精饮料或安慰剂饮料后，参与者参与一个攻击范式，即在竞争性反应时任务中，从一个虚构对手那里接受电击并向其施加电击。攻击行为通过在低挑衅和高挑衅条件下向对手施加的电击强度来操作化衡量。
分析表明，特质愤怒显著预测了攻击行为，但仅在那些醉酒且报告愤怒控制水平较低的男性中如此。
目前的研究结果表明，愤怒控制可能是决定一个人的愤怒倾向在受到挑衅后是否会导致醉酒攻击行为的一个关键风险因素。
