Effects of Ostracism and Sex on Alcohol Consumption in a Clinical Laboratory Setting
Effects of Ostracism and Sex on Alcohol Consumption in a Clinical Laboratory Setting
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DOI：
10.1037/adb0000054
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发表时间：
2015-09-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Blumenthal, Heidemarie
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作者：
Bacon, Amy K.;Cranford, Alexi N.;Blumenthal, Heidemarie
饮酒以科普负面影响是一种饮酒模式，导致大学和毕业后的酒精使用问题。尽管有理论和相关证据表明这一点，但在实验室中建立大学生压力和饮酒之间的联系的研究数量有限，有时结果不一致。本研究试图解决这些问题，通过调查的影响，生态相关的压力-排斥-酒精消费在临床实验室设置。社交饮酒的大学生（N = 40; 55%女性）完成了5分钟的网络球游戏，并被随机分配到包括或排除在虚拟的抛球游戏。在随后的模拟味觉测试中消耗的啤酒量（以ml计）作为我们的主要因变量，呼吸酒精浓度（BrAC）作为次要因变量。结果表明，被排除在外的参与者报告了一种趋势，从前到后的赛博球的负面影响增加，并赞同显着降低自尊，归属感，控制，并相信一个有意义的存在相比，包括参与者。一个显着的性别X条件的影响表明，排除女性消费啤酒比包括妇女和排除男性，支持一个不显着的趋势，在BrAC。男性在喝啤酒方面并没有因为赛博球而有所不同。性别和社会背景对酒精使用的影响进行了讨论，以及排斥作为一种方法，调查社会压力和酒精使用之间的关系。
Drinking to cope with negative affect is a drinking pattern that leads to problematic alcohol use both in college and after graduation. Despite theory and correlational evidence to this effect, establishing a link between stress and alcohol consumption among college students in the laboratory has yielded both a limited number of studies and, at times, inconsistent results. The present study attempts to resolve these issues through investigating the effects of an ecologically relevant stressor-ostracism-on alcohol consumption in a clinical laboratory setting. Social drinking college students (N = 40; 55% female) completed a 5-min game of Cyberball and were randomly assigned either to be included or excluded in the virtual ball-toss game. The amount (in ml) of beer consumed in a subsequent mock taste test served as our primary dependent variable, with breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) as a secondary dependent variable. Results indicated that excluded participants reported a trend toward an increase in negative affect from pre-to post-Cyberball, and endorsed significantly lower self-esteem, belonging, control, and belief in a meaningful existence compared to included participants. A significant Sex X Condition effect indicated that excluded women consumed less beer than both included women and excluded men, supported by a nonsignificant trend in BrAC. Men did not differ in their consumption of beer as a result of Cyberball condition. Implications of sex and social context on alcohol use are discussed, as well as ostracism as a method for investigating relationships between social stress and alcohol use.