Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople
© 2015 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. Introduction and Aims: Few studies have investigated the relationship of barroom aggression with both general and barroom-specific alcohol expectancies. The present study investigated these associations in a rarely studied and high...
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| author | Zinkiewicz, L. Smith, G. Burn, M. Litherland, S. Wells, S. Graham, Kathryn Miller, Peter |
| author_facet | Zinkiewicz, L. Smith, G. Burn, M. Litherland, S. Wells, S. Graham, Kathryn Miller, Peter |
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| description | © 2015 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. Introduction and Aims: Few studies have investigated the relationship of barroom aggression with both general and barroom-specific alcohol expectancies. The present study investigated these associations in a rarely studied and high-risk population: construction tradespeople. Design and Methods: Male construction tradespeople (n=211) aged 18-35years (M=21.91, SD=4.08years) participated in a face-to-face questionnaire assessing general and barroom-specific alcohol expectancies and perpetration of physical and verbal barroom aggression as well as control variables, age, alcohol consumption and trait aggression. Results: Sequential logistic regression analyses revealed that general alcohol-aggression expectancies of courage or dominance were not predictive of either verbal or physical barroom aggression after controlling for age, alcohol consumption and trait aggression. However, barroom-specific alcohol expectancies were associated with both verbal and physical barroom aggression, with positive associations found for expected hyper-emotionality and protective effects for expected cognitive impairment. Discussion and Conclusions: In a population where rates of risky drinking and barroom aggression are high, specific expectations about the effects of drinking in bars may influence subsequent aggressive behaviour in bars. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-278502017-09-13T15:13:57Z Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople Zinkiewicz, L. Smith, G. Burn, M. Litherland, S. Wells, S. Graham, Kathryn Miller, Peter © 2015 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. Introduction and Aims: Few studies have investigated the relationship of barroom aggression with both general and barroom-specific alcohol expectancies. The present study investigated these associations in a rarely studied and high-risk population: construction tradespeople. Design and Methods: Male construction tradespeople (n=211) aged 18-35years (M=21.91, SD=4.08years) participated in a face-to-face questionnaire assessing general and barroom-specific alcohol expectancies and perpetration of physical and verbal barroom aggression as well as control variables, age, alcohol consumption and trait aggression. Results: Sequential logistic regression analyses revealed that general alcohol-aggression expectancies of courage or dominance were not predictive of either verbal or physical barroom aggression after controlling for age, alcohol consumption and trait aggression. However, barroom-specific alcohol expectancies were associated with both verbal and physical barroom aggression, with positive associations found for expected hyper-emotionality and protective effects for expected cognitive impairment. Discussion and Conclusions: In a population where rates of risky drinking and barroom aggression are high, specific expectations about the effects of drinking in bars may influence subsequent aggressive behaviour in bars. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27850 10.1111/dar.12360 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Zinkiewicz, L. Smith, G. Burn, M. Litherland, S. Wells, S. Graham, Kathryn Miller, Peter Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople |
| title | Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople |
| title_full | Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople |
| title_fullStr | Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople |
| title_short | Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople |
| title_sort | aggression-related alcohol expectancies and barroom aggression among construction tradespeople |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27850 |