Alcohol narrows physical distance between strangers.
Alcohol narrows physical distance between strangers.
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.2101937118
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发表时间：
2021-05-18
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Bosch N
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文献类型：
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作者：
Gurrieri L;Fairbairn CE;Sayette MA;Bosch N
流行病管理很可能代表未来几年的全球现实，但如何实现流行病限制的路线图尚不清楚。在COVID-19期间颁布的限制措施中，最具争议的是酒精。与许多传染病一样，COVID-19的主要传播方式是直接呼吸密切社交接触期间散发的飞沫，卫生官员警告说，饮酒可能导致对身体距离指南的遵守程度下降。管理机构采取行动，先关闭酒吧，后关闭餐馆，并特别限制酒类销售，而与此同时，夜生活行业的人则认为这种行动毫无根据，具有歧视性。使这种争论复杂化的是缺乏酒精对物理距离影响的证据。在目前的研究中，我们采用了随机酒精管理设计与计算机视觉测量相结合，分析了来自视频的20，000多个接近度读数，以研究饮酒对社交互动中物理距离的影响。结果表明，酒精会导致个人在社交交流中与不熟悉的互动伙伴显着接近，从而减少身体接近度，这对公共健康可能产生重要影响。相比之下，酒精对与熟悉的互动伙伴的物理距离没有影响。研究结果表明，酒精可能会克服人们对陌生人的自然谨慎，从而促进病毒在以前不联系的社会群体之间的传播。
Pandemic management is likely to represent a global reality for years to come, but the roadmap for how to approach pandemic restrictions is as yet unclear. Of the restrictions enacted during COVID-19, among the more controversial surround alcohol. Like many infectious diseases, the principal mode of transmission for COVID-19 is direct respiration of droplets emitted during close social contact, and health officials warn that alcohol consumption may lead to decreased adherence to physical distancing guidelines. Governing bodies have acted to close bars before restaurants and have also specifically restricted alcohol sales, while at the same time those in the nightlife industry have labeled such actions unfounded and discriminatory. Complicating such debates is the lack of evidence on alcohol’s effects on physical distance. In the current study we employed a randomized alcohol-administration design paired with computer-vision measures, analyzing over 20,000 proximity readings derived from video to examine the effect of alcohol consumption on physical distance during social interaction. Results indicated that alcohol caused individuals to draw significantly closer to an unfamiliar interaction partner during social exchange, reducing physical proximity at a rate with potentially important implications for public health. In contrast, alcohol had no effect on physical distance with a familiar interaction partner. Findings suggest that alcohol might act to overcome a natural caution people feel towards strangers and thus promote virus transmission between previously unconnected social groups.
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影响因子：
4.6
作者：
Fairbairn CE;Bresin K;Kang D;Rosen IG;Ariss T;Luczak SE;Barnett NP;Eckland NS
通讯作者：
Eckland NS
影响因子：
56.9
作者：
Sillaber, I;Rammes, G;Spanagel, R
通讯作者：
Spanagel, R
影响因子：
16.4
作者：
STEELE, CM;JOSEPHS, RA
通讯作者：
JOSEPHS, RA
DOI：
10.15288/jsa.1993.54.750
发表时间：
1993-11-01
期刊：
JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL
影响因子：
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作者：
MARTIN, CS;SAYETTE, MA
通讯作者：
SAYETTE, MA
影响因子：
7.6
作者：
ZAJONC, RB
通讯作者：
ZAJONC, RB