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The Influence of Being under the Influence

Alcohol Effects on Adolescent Violence

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Brent Teasdale

The University of Akron, Akron, OH

Keri B. Burchfield

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

The authors examine the relationship between intoxication, chronic alcohol use, and violent behavior using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The authors introduce a method for disentangling spuriousness from the causal effects of situational variables. Their results suggest that drinkers are much more likely to commit violence while sober than non-drinkers, suggesting that a considerable portion of the relationship between prevalence of drinking and violence is spurious. The authors find evidence of a causal effect of intoxication, however, when they examine the relationship between frequency of drinking and violence while sober or drinking. Intoxication has stronger effects on adolescents who are older, White, and who already have violent tendencies.

Key Words: alcohol • violence • adolescence

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