The effects of alcohol intake and induced frustration upon art vandalism
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In this study we examined the interactive effects between alcohol intake and frustration upon art vandalism. A total of 100 participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 5 experimental conditions (control, alcohol, alcohol+frustration, frustration and placebo) with 10 men and 10 women in each group. Participants were provided with the opportunity to scrawl on a picture of Adam and Eve (the AET test). AET was evaluated also on levels of destruction, aggression, and sexuality. The results indicated that alcohol alone did not increase the degree of vandalism, but that there was a significant increase in scores of scrawling graffiti under the influence of alcohol+frustration. Female participants performed graffiti-scrawling to a significantly greater extent than did male participants in all 5 groups.
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The authors acknowledge support from grants by Karlstad University
Karlstad
Sweden.
Torsten Norlander, Department of Psychology, Karlstad University, S-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden. Email: [email protected]