Alcohol and Aggressive Cognition

Aggressive Offenders' Cognition: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 231-246

  McMurran, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Llanarth Court Psychiatric Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol and aggression; Alcohol and aggressive cognition; Alcohol aggression outcome expectancies; Control of Violence for Angry Impulsive Drinkers (COVAID); Expectancies of confidence and social facilitation; Experience of harshness and unpopularity leading to acquisition of hostile attributional biases; Violence acknowledged by WHO significant public health problem and role of alcohol in youth violence, child abuse, domestic violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889468639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470746295.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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