Alcohol‐aggression expectancies and dispositional rumination moderate the effect of alcohol consumption on alcohol‐related aggression and hostility

Alcohol consumption increases aggression, but only in some drinkers. This study extends previous work to show how expectancies for alcohol‐induced aggression and dispositional rumination moderate the link between alcohol consumption and alcohol‐related aggression and hostility in a sample of 285 men and women. Alcohol‐aggression expectancies and quantity of alcohol interacted to predict alcohol‐related hostility and aggression. Trait rumination moderated the effect of alcohol consumption on aggressive acts. Finally, women who ruminated were more likely to report alcohol‐related aggression than were men who ruminated. These results suggest that alcohol expectancies for aggression and rumination constitute two important cognitive facilitators of alcohol‐related aggression and hostility, and that gender plays an important role in these relations. Aggr. Behav. 33:327–338, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Aggression · Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Anger · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Hostility · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Rumination · Trait · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology

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