The Effects of Alcohol on the Marital Interactions of Aggressive and Non-Aggressive Husbands
In today's world of marriage it seems as if everyday there are more and more divorces and separations between couples. What this Psychological study examined was maybe the biggest negative effector of these relationships and that is the mixture of alcohol and problem solving in marital interactions. Alcohol in excessive nature was reported in the violence surveys consistently. Many wives of these husbands that have been battered reported their husbands as either heavy drinkers or problem drinkers. Leonard and Roberts's study showed 40-60% of these woman labeled their husbands as alcoholics. Reports also have shown that husbands that are frequently drunk have had a higher rate of violence reported toward their spouses.
The past experimental studies have shown alcohol consuming by males to cause aggression towards other males, but no other studies have been conducted showing alcohol consumption effect on marital aggression. Thus, Leonard and Roberts study is the first thanks to the conflict-resolution paradigm created by researchers of marital aggression. In this paradigm married couples are recorded on videotape and the research is caterorigized in to forms of aggression shown by the couples. There have been other studies conducted on aggression of husbands on their wives that have shown to be reasonably coherent. These past studies have shown violent husbands tend to insult their wives, and differ with their beliefs, the aggressive men tended to yell and to give very aggressive gestures. A past study had tested figures that were non-alcoholics and were given alcohol and a particular world topic to speak about. The stu...
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...actly supported in the alcohol phase. They had expected that alcohol would show more negative behavior in both the aggressive and non-aggressive couples, but that wasn't the case. Alcohol did show to increase negativity in the aggressive groups, but it didn't change much in the non-aggressive groups. Leonard and Robert's also showed that the placebo was not effective in tricking the husband into believing he was more intoxicated than he really was. The placebo also has not produced a significant increase in aggression or negativity compared to those of the alcohol group. Finally, the study did prove that alcohol does seem to increase the negativity in already aggressive husbands. It wasn't as significant as Leonard and Roberts had initially expected but their study did prove that alcohol could be a significant factor in young marriages and their aggression.
The violence is having an actual impact on John’s biomedical as by him hitting Anne this could lead him to further injury his back. John is consuming excessive amounts of alcohol continuously which leads to the violence occurring. It is not only physical injuries from hitting Anne, but also alcohol has many health risks associated with it including liver disease, brain damage, heart disease, high blood pressure and increases John’s risk of many cancers (guidelines for alcohol consumption 2013). Additionally, John is also being effected psychologically as chronic pain and stress are closing related. Chronic pain can cause feelings such as anger, hopelessness, sadness and anxiety, this potentially could be leading John to use alcohol as a relaxant which overall is causing him to lash out towards Anne (Bruns & Kerns 2013) John goes to the pub frequently to socialise and drink, this may be having potential effects causing John to lash out towards Anne. This is because ‘research shows that heavy drinking and intoxication are associated with physical aggression’ (Morgan & Chadwick 2009). Overall, there are numerous actual and potential impacts to John’s biopsychosocial model as a result of domestic
spending a day working very low paying jobs, men would visit a saloon and spend all of their wages on alcohol (7,39). This destroyed marriages and families because not only then would the family not have any money to spend on food or the simple necessities for the women and children. Also, the incidence of domestic violence increased as a result of men’s intoxication. (7,40).
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throughout her childhood with an alcoholic father and a selfish mother who cared more about her art and happiness than that of her children’s. Alcohol misuse can affect all aspects of family functioning: social life, finances, good communication, relationships between family members, parenting capability, employment and health issues , It also has a strong correlation with conflicts, disputes and domestic violence which can leave a damaging effect on children. Alcohol misuse often times change the roles played by family member...
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), twenty-four people per minute are affected be intimate partner violence. (2013) It is estimated that twelve million people in the United States alone are affected each year. Intimate partner violence includes anything from physical or sexual abuse to psychological abuse to stalking or threats by a current or former partner. This form of violence can occur among couples that identify with any sexual orientation. The CDC reports that individuals who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual are at an equal or higher risk for intimate partner violence. (2013) Sexual intimacy within the relationship is not a requirement for violence to be considered intimate partner violence. (CDC, 2013)
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This research paper will help enable sociologists to determine what the ongoing effects have on an alcoholic and further provides information on the long-term effects that society has to deal with. The significance of alcoholism and sociology is the ability of sociologists to research and discover how human behaviour is affected on many aspects of its effects on a person. An alcoholic can be described as someone who is addicted to drinking alcoholic beverages in excess. What starts out as social drinking can lead to excessive drinking and the many problems associated with alcohol abuse and i...
In 1974, a study was done which compared male and female domestic violence. In that study, it was found that 47% of husbands had used physical violence on their wives, and 33% of wives had used violence on their husbands (Gelles 1974). Half of the respondents in this study were selected from either cases of domestic violence reported to the police, or those identified by the social service agency.
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Alcohol abuse is the most common problem, nowadays. In fact, majority of people drink alcohol repeatedly to the point where they have difficulty to stop. Statistics show that, as much as, “40% of college students report drinking five or more drinks in one episode” (Walters & Baer, 2006). Alcohol has become more popular over the years as advertisements, simultaneously with commercials of it, filled the media. It also is easily accessible and cheap in comparison to other psychoactive substances. On the other hand, alcohol safety awareness programs are barely noticeable. My research will present how alcohol and its abuse gets into people’s lives and how it influences their physical and mental health, as well as, social existence.
...eads to violence and sexual aggression in men if the drinking becomes out of control. In First Dance, Roy and his group of mates hang out outside the local surf club, drinking beer in a controlled environment until Chrissie and Toni show up, too drunk to control themselves. This causes the men to take advantage Toni and as a consequence, rape and kill her as a result of sexual aggression. This action is reflects alcoholism and sexual aggression in Australian adolescent men.
According to Institute of Alcohol Studies there is more than one kind of relationship involved between alcohol problems and mental health, such as: mental health problems may be a cause of problem drinking and vice versa; there may be a factor in common, in the genes or in the early family environment, which later contributes to both a mental health problems and alcohol probl...
"Because time and amount of drinking are uncontrollable, the alcoholics is likely to engage in such behaviors as [1] breaking family commitments, both major and minor; [2] spending more money than planned; [3] drinking while intoxicated and getting arrested; [4] making inappropriate remarks to friends, family, and co-workers; [5] arguing, fighting and other anti-social actions. The alcoholic would probably neither do such things, nor approve of them in others unless he was drinking" (Johnson 203).