Alcohol as social lubricant

Alcohol myopia theory, social self-esteem, and social interaction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2269847
AutoresJl Monahan (0000-0003-4431-3028), Jim Monahan (University of Southern California), Pj Lannutti (University of Georgia)
Año2000
Volumen26
Número2
Páginas175-202
Fecha de publicación2000-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Communication Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0360-3989 • E-ISSN: 1468-2958
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2958.2000.tb00755.x
OpenAlexW2168131466
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas48

This study examines how consuming alcohol differentially affects the communicative behavior and perceptions of high and low social self-esteem (SSE) women as they engage in a brief interaction with a flirtatious male. Alcohol myopia theory proposes that alcohol affects behavior when it blocks a person's normal inhibitions about enacting a behavior. It was predicted that low SSE women would be more inhibited when talking to a flirtatious male than would high SSE women and, therefore administration of a social self-esteem measure and random assignment to an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage condition, participants (N=50) talked with an attractive, flirtatious male confederate. Low SSE women were less anxious and self-disclosed more when drinking than when sober, whereas high SSE women were not significantly affected by alcohol consumption. The discussion highlights the complex and often contradictory effects of alcohol consumption on social interaction

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Consumption (sociology · Developmental psychology · Perception · Social desirability · Social relation · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology