Effects of Alcohol on Involvement in a Structured Social Situation

• DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1983.52.3.776
• Publication Date: 2011-09-01T07:35:18Z
• Authors: Lynne S. Baldwin; Stephanie Schumacher; Joseph S. Neuschatz; Charles Trimbach
• Keywords: Adult; Male; 03 medical and health sciences; Alcohol Drinking; Humans; Female; Interpersonal Relations; Social Environment; 0305 other medical science

To test the hypothesis that drinking alcohol increases involvement in a structured social situation, 96 volunteer college students were assigned to either an or non-alcohol condition. Subjects played standard Monopoly game for maximum of 3 hr. A checklist was used record observations their behavior. Analysis indicates subjects alcohol-drinking groups had longer playing time, built more hotels, and consumed beverage than who These results interpreted as reflection increased situation game.