Alcohol and tension reduction; a review

H Cappell, CP Herman - Quarterly journal of studies on alcohol, 1972 - jsad.com
Alcohol and Tension Reduction; A Review Page 1 Quart. J. Stud. Ale. 33: 33-64, 1972 The
informative abstract of this article is in Part B, p. 239 [B-37) Alcohol and Tension Reduction A
Review1 Howard Cappell and C. Peter Herman2 SUMMARY. The literature on the tension-reducing
effects of alcohol is reviewed. Much of the evidence is negative, equivocal and often
contradictory. MANY RESEARCHERS have attempted to document the effects of alcohol on
various indices of "tension"3 states in order to determine whether tension relief plays a role in …