Too Insensitive to Care: Alcohol Increases Human Aggression by Increasing Pain Threshold
These findings provide novel evidence regarding one possible reason why intoxicated people behave more aggressively than sober people do. Alcohol intoxication increases aggression partially through its effect on increasing the pain threshold.
Authors
- C. Nathan DeWall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5469-6849)
- Brad J. Bushman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1266-5101)
- Peter R. Giancola
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Health First (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00144
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.28