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- Title
Imitation of Alcohol Consumption in Same-sex and Other-sex Dyads.
- Authors
Larsen, Helle; Overbeek, Geertjan; Granic, Isabela; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.
- Abstract
Aim: Being exposed to other people's drinking behavior has been demonstrated to influence individual's drinking levels. Imitation of alcohol consumption has mainly been investigated among same-sex drinking partners. This study examined whether imitation of alcohol consumption differs when people drink with same-sex or other-sex partners. Method: To test the imitation effects, a two (drinking condition: alcohol versus no alcohol) by two (sex constellation of dyad: same-sex versus other-sex) mixed between–within subject design was used. In two separate sessions situated in a naturalistic drinking setting (i.e., a bar laboratory), 66 participants were exposed to a same-sex and an other-sex model (i.e., a confederate) who consumed either alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. We expected that men would imitate more when drinking with women and men, and that women would imitate less when drinking with men. Results: Imitation of alcohol consumption did not differ when participants were drinking with same-sex partners compared with other-sex partners. No gender differences in imitation were found. Conclusion: Imitation of alcohol consumption can be generalized to situations in which people drink with other-sex partners. Men and women seem to imitate regardless of their drinking partner's sex.
- Subjects
DYADS; ALCOHOL drinking; DRINKING behavior; SEX differences (Biology); NON-alcoholic beverages
- Publication
Alcohol & Alcoholism, 2010, Vol 45, Issue 6, p557
- ISSN
0735-0414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/alcalc/agq053