ABSTRACT—This article presents the first systematic test of
the attention-allocation model for alcohol-related aggression.
According to this model, alcohol has a ‘‘myopic’’ effect
on attentional capacity that presumably facilitates
aggression by focusing attention on more salient provocative,
rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile
situations. Aggression was assessed using a laboratory
task in which mild electric shocks were received from, and
administered to, a fictitious opponent. Study 1 demonstrated
that a moderate-load cognitive distractor suppressed
aggression in intoxicated subjects (to levels even
lower than those exhibited by a placebo control group).
Study 2 assessed how varying the magnitude of a distracting
cognitive load affected aggression in the alcohol
and placebo conditions. Results indicated that the moderate-load
distraction used in Study 1 (i.e., holding four
elements in sequential order in working memory) suppressed
aggression best. Cognitive loads of larger and
smaller magnitudes were not successful in attenuating
aggression.
ABSTRACT—This article presents the first systematic test ofthe attention-allocation model for alcohol-related aggression.According to this model, alcohol has a ‘‘myopic’’ effecton attentional capacity that presumably facilitatesaggression by focusing attention on more salient provocative,rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostilesituations. Aggression was assessed using a laboratorytask in which mild electric shocks were received from, andadministered to, a fictitious opponent. Study 1 demonstratedthat a moderate-load cognitive distractor suppressedaggression in intoxicated subjects (to levels evenlower than those exhibited by a placebo control group).Study 2 assessed how varying the magnitude of a distractingcognitive load affected aggression in the alcoholand placebo conditions. Results indicated that the moderate-loaddistraction used in Study 1 (i.e., holding fourelements in sequential order in working memory) suppressedaggression best. Cognitive loads of larger andsmaller magnitudes were not successful in attenuatingaggression.
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