Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2023;58(7):851-857. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2188422. Epub 2023 Apr 4.
: The role of alcohol expectancies and evaluations (i.e., perceived outcomes of drinking and whether these outcomes are desirable) in alcohol-related intimate partner aggression (IPA) has been debated, with some researchers arguing that expectancies fully account for the alcohol-IPA relationship and others suggesting they play a minimal if any role in alcohol-related IPA. In the current study, we examine the impact of expectancies and evaluations on alcohol-related IPA observed in the lab, in order to clarify what impact, if any, alcohol expectancies have on alcohol-related IPA. Consistent with findings from laboratory studies examining aggression, we expected that individuals who were intoxicated would display greater IPA than individuals who were sober, but that alcohol expectancies and evaluations would be unrelated to IPA. : Participants were 69 dating couples (total = 138), randomly assigned to consume either an alcohol or placebo beverage. IPA was measured with an aggression task based on the Taylor Aggression Paradigm. : As expected, alcohol intoxication predicted IPA following provocation ( < .03), whereas alcohol expectancies and evaluations were not related to IPA. : These findings provide further support that alcohol expectancies and evaluations play little if any role in alcohol-related IPA. Rather, intoxication likely increases risk for IPA through its physiological effects on perception and thought. Further, treatments targeting alcohol use, rather than beliefs about outcomes of drinking, may have a greater impact on alcohol-related IPA.
：酒精期望和评价（即饮酒的预期结果以及这些结果是否理想）在与酒精相关的亲密伴侣暴力（IPA）中的作用一直存在争议，一些研究人员认为期望完全解释了酒精与 IPA 的关系，而另一些研究人员则认为它们在与酒精相关的 IPA 中作用很小或没有作用。在当前的研究中，我们研究了期望和评价对实验室中观察到的与酒精相关的 IPA 的影响，以阐明酒精期望对与酒精相关的 IPA 的影响。与检查攻击性的实验室研究的发现一致，我们预计醉酒的个体比清醒的个体表现出更大的 IPA，但酒精期望和评价与 IPA 无关。：参与者为 69 对约会伴侣（共 138 人），随机分配饮用酒精或安慰剂饮料。IPA 通过基于 Taylor 攻击范式的攻击任务进行测量。：正如预期的那样，酒精中毒预测了挑衅后的 IPA（<.03），而酒精期望和评价与 IPA 无关。：这些发现进一步支持了酒精期望和评价在与酒精相关的 IPA 中作用很小或没有作用的观点。相反，醉酒可能通过其对感知和思维的生理影响增加 IPA 的风险。此外，针对酒精使用的治疗方法，而不是针对饮酒结果的信念，可能对与酒精相关的 IPA 产生更大的影响。
