An Experimental Investigation of Drunk Personality Using Self and Observer Reports.

ABSTRACT: Across various cultures there are robust stereotypes regarding how alcohol intoxication alters individuals' normative personalities. However, whether these stereotypes are rooted in genuine average effects or in salient, socially-proliferated exemplars remain unclear. The current study tested if differences between sober and intoxicated personality expression can be observed reliably by trained raters during a drinking episode. Participants (N = 156), half of whom received alcohol, attended laboratory sessions in same-gender friend groups and engaged in activities designed to elicit a range of personality expression. Participants completed self-reports of their "typical" sober and drunk personalities two weeks prior to their sessions and via two short measures during the session. Ad

SUBMITTER: Winograd RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5544024 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature