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Self-Control And Alcohol Expectancies, John M. Ray
Self-Control And Alcohol Expectancies, John M. Ray
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Research on self-control suggests that people do not do as well at self-control after they have already exerted self-control on something else. Despite the obvious importance of self-control in drinking behavior, few studies have examined alcohol consumption as an outcome measure in the context of self-control depletion and the potential role of cognitive processes in the self-control to drinking relationship remains largely unexplored. Although it is widely agreed that alcohol expectancies play an important role in one's decision to drink, no study has examined the role of expectancies in self-control's influence on drinking. This study addresses this important gap in …
The Effect Of Ovulation As A Male Mating Prime On Drinking And Other Mating Behaviors, Robin Tan
The Effect Of Ovulation As A Male Mating Prime On Drinking And Other Mating Behaviors, Robin Tan
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
A recent line of research grounded in evolutionary theory has shown that exposure to women's fertility cues affects men's mating cognition and behavior. This area of research has not yet been examined in relation to alcohol. As alcohol has also been shown to facilitate the formation of sexual connections for males, establishing the intersection between these two lines of research seems necessary to understand the impetus behind human behavior. Ninety-eight male participants were primed with either the scent of a fertile woman or the scent of nonfertile woman and then completed measures assessing their level of attraction to pictures of …