Barroom aggression among Australian men: associations with heavy episodic drinking, conformity to masculine norms, and personal and perceived peer approval of barroom aggression Miller, Peter, Zinkiewicz, Lucille, Hayley, Alexa, Sonderlund, Anders, Litherland, Steven, Medew-Ewen, Tess, Wells, Samantha and Graham, Kathryn 2016, Barroom aggression among Australian men: associations with heavy episodic drinking, conformity to masculine norms, and personal and perceived peer approval of barroom aggression, Journal of dtudies on alcohol and drugs, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 421-430, doi: 10.15288/jsad.2016.77.421. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Barroom aggression among Australian men: associations with heavy episodic drinking, conformity to masculine norms, and personal and perceived peer approval of barroom aggression Author(s) Miller, Peter orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-5437 Zinkiewicz, Lucille orcid.org/0000-0002-1861-1673 Hayley, Alexa Sonderlund, Anders Litherland, Steven Medew-Ewen, Tess Wells, Samantha Graham, Kathryn Journal name Journal of dtudies on alcohol and drugs Volume number 77 Issue number 3 Start page 421 End page 430 Total pages 10 Publisher Alcohol Research Documentation Place of publication New Brunswick, N. J. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1938-4114 Keyword(s) alcohol aggression masculinity peer approval personal approval Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Substance Abuse Psychology ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION COLLEGE DRINKING INJUNCTIVE NORMS ATTITUDES BELIEFS MODEL BARS INTOXICATION INVENTORY BEHAVIOR Notes Objective: Research suggests that heavy episodic drinking (HED), perceived peer norms, and personal approval of aggression influence male barroom aggression (MBA). Qualitative research suggests that conformity to hegemonic masculine gender norms also influences MBA; however, quantitative research on the direct and indirect influence of masculinity on MBA is limited. This study tested the relationships between HED, conformity to masculine gender norms, and personal approval and peer approval of MBA on MBA perpetration, as well as the indirect effect of masculine norms on MBA via HED. Method:A convenience sample of Australian men (N = 322; mean age = 21.05 years, SD = 1.95; 76.9% university students) completed an online questionnaire, assessing HED and MBA over the previous year, and subscales of the Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Male Alcohol-Related Aggression Inventory and Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory-46. Results: Negative binomial regression analyses found that, overall, HED, male peer approval, and personal approval of MBA directly predicted increased risk of verbal and physical MBA perpetration. Greater conformity to specific masculine norms also increased (Power Over Women) and decreased (Emotional Control, Heterosexual Self-Presentation) risk of MBA perpetration. The masculine norms Risk Taking, Playboy, and Emotional Control were found to be indirect predictors of MBA via HED. Conclusions: Risk of MBA perpetration is increased primarily by HED as a direct, but also mediating, predictor. Personal and male peer approval of MBA, and specific masculine norms, further increase this risk whereas other masculine norms appear protective. Language eng DOI 10.15288/jsad.2016.77.421 Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified 1117 Public Health And Health Services 1701 Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Alcohol Research Documentation Inc. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30083556 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 May 2016, 16:00:27 EST Fri, 20 May 2016, 05:00:51 EST Fri, 20 May 2016, 08:10:13 EST Fri, 17 Jun 2016, 06:10:28 EST Tue, 23 Aug 2016, 11:52:31 EST Tue, 23 Aug 2016, 11:56:52 EST Tue, 23 Aug 2016, 11:57:49 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 630 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 19 May 2016, 16:00:27 EST

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