Alcohol-related image priming and aggression in adolescents aged 11-14

Stephen Brown; Sarah Coyne; Alexandra Barlow; Pamela Qualter

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.013

Alcohol-related image priming and aggression in adolescents aged 11-14

Stephen Brown, Sarah Coyne, Alexandra Barlow, Pamela Qualter

Manchester Institute of Education

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Abstract

In adults, alcohol-related stimuli prime aggressive responding without ingestion or belief of ingestion. This represents either experiential or socially-and culturally-mediated learning. Using a laboratory-based competitive aggression paradigm, we replicated adult findings in 103 11–14 year old adolescents below the legal UK drinking age. Using a two-independent group design, priming with alcohol-related imagery led participants to deliver louder noise punishments in a competition task than priming with beverage-related images. This effect was stronger in participants scoring low on an internalization measure. Priming effects in relatively alcohol-naïve participants could constitute evidence of socio-cultural transmission of scripts linking alcohol use and aggression. The enhanced effect in lower internalization scorers suggests that alcohol priming might undermine behavioral inhibition processes in otherwise stable adolescents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	791-794
Number of pages	4
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.013 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.013
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010

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Adolescents
Aggression
Alcohol
Priming

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Alcohol-related image priming and aggression in adolescents aged 11-14

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