Introduction: People drinking alcohol are more prone to aggression. My hypothesis is that age and gender are also a factor in how weak people become when faced with a frustrating situation. My hypothesis will prove that younger males who have been drinking alcohol are the most aggressive as compared to older males or any age of females.
Literature Review
Wells, S. (2006). Differences in predictors of alcohol-related aggression and non-alcohol-related violent perpetration: An exploratory analysis in a sample of young adult drinkers. Contemporary Drug Problems, 33(4), 563-583.
Tremblay, P., Mihic, L., Graham, K., & Jelley, J. (2007). Role of motivation to respond to provocation, the social environment, and trait aggression in alcohol-related aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 33(5), 389-411. doi:10.1002/ab.20193.
Method: I will prove this hypothesis to be true by surveying people attending a concert to be held in Butte. All age groups will be in attendance. Alcohol will be served. At the concert I will watch for a naturally occurring aggressive incident to occur. Following the incident I will survey a variety of ages and genders of people that were involved in this incident. I will ask 10+ willing participants questions including age, if they were drinking, and if they have been in a physical or verbal altercation due to drinking within the past year. If they partake in aggressive behavior I will ask if that made them feel better. If any other pertinent information is disclosed while surveying participants I will note that information as well. This should yield results that confirm younger men will have the most aggressive answers with a background of previous aggression related to alcohol consumption.
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