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Rehab News:Research finds alcohol can increase or decrease aggression

Alcohol has long been associated with barroom brawls and street fighting, but researchers have found that under certain circumstances, alcohol can in fact reduce aggression.

Psychologists at the University of Kentucky conducted a study to determine whether all intoxicated people become more aggressive while drinking alcohol, or whether it depends on the circumstances.

Peter Giancola and Michelle Corman tested their theory on a group of young men, some of whom were given between three and four alcoholic drinks, while the others remained sober.

The participants were then all required to compete against another person in a quick-response game. The conditions were made particularly stressful by introducing a rule that required the winning player to deliver a shock to the loser of each round.

In addition, some drinkers were required to perform a difficult memory task while the game was in progress in order to determine whether or not this distracted them from the game situation and prevented them from becoming aggressive.

The researchers found that this was indeed the case. Reporting their findings in the journal Psychological Science, they reveal that drinkers who had nothing to distract them acted aggressively towards their opponent, while those who were concentrating on the memory task were less aggressive.

According to the psychologists, focussing a person's attention elsewhere and giving them something else to think about while drinking can help to reduce the "cognitive space" available for aggression.

Government figures show that among 18 to 24-year-olds, those who binge drink are far more likely to admit to committing criminal or disorderly behaviours either during or after drinking than other regular drinkers, and the age group also accounts for 24 per cent of all violent offences.