University of North Carolina-Wilmington, NC, United States.
Addict Behav. 2012 Aug;37(8):908-13. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.03.018. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
Women's alcohol treatment usually includes anger management, predicated on the hypothesis that anger increases their drinking. Studies show strong association between anger and drinking but to date there is no laboratory support for this hypothesis. We examined effects of a "female-specific" anger provocation on young adult women's drinking behavior by randomly assigning 30 women (age 21-30) to one of two conditions: Provocation (n=15) or Non-Provocation (n=15). In the Provocation condition, a female confederate was both annoying and condescending to the participant for 8min. A manipulation check showed heightened anger and hostility (but not anxiety or depression) in the Provocation participants. In a subsequent taste-task, all participants could drink placebo "beer" and ginger ale. When the data analysis controlled for participants' baseline negative emotions, Provocation participants consumed more "beer" (M=172.33ml, SD=78.90) than did Non-Provocation participants (M=118.60ml, SD=75.74) (p<.04), with no differences in ginger ale consumption. Results support a causal relationship between young women's anger and their specific choice to drink alcohol.
女性的酒精治疗通常包括愤怒管理，这是基于愤怒会增加她们饮酒量的假设。研究表明愤怒和饮酒之间存在强烈的关联，但迄今为止，没有实验室支持这一假设。我们通过随机分配 30 名年龄在 21 到 30 岁之间的女性（n=15）到以下两种条件之一来检验“女性特有的”愤怒挑衅对年轻成年女性饮酒行为的影响：挑衅（n=15）或非挑衅（n=15）。在挑衅条件下，一名女性同伙对参与者进行了 8 分钟的烦人和贬低。一项操作检查显示，挑衅组参与者的愤怒和敌意程度更高（但焦虑和抑郁程度没有增加）。在随后的味觉任务中，所有参与者都可以喝安慰剂“啤酒”和干姜水。当数据分析控制了参与者的基线负面情绪时，挑衅组参与者比非挑衅组参与者（M=118.60ml，SD=75.74）喝了更多的“啤酒”（M=172.33ml，SD=78.90）（p<.04），而干姜水的摄入量没有差异。结果支持年轻女性的愤怒与她们特定的饮酒选择之间存在因果关系。
