Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1079-1081
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Effect of alcohol consumption on state anxiety changes in male and female nonalcoholics
PE Logue, WD Gentry, M Linnoila and CW Erwin
Ten male and 10 female nonalcoholic college students were given drinks
having alcohol levels of 0, 0.5, 0.8, and 1.2 g/kg. They were then given
four complex psychomotor tests, immediately before and after which they
were given the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory, and asked to rate their
performance on a five-point scale. Mean anxiety change scores were -.90,
.75, 4.75, and 5.55 for the four alcohol doses, respectively. There was no
significant correlation between anxiety change and actual performance on
the visual vigilance task, but for males there was a significant
correlation between anxiety change and perceived level of impairment.
