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Overview

Peter R. Giancola is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on topics related to human behavior and aggression, particularly within the context of alcohol consumption.

Their recent publication includes the paper titled Too Insensitive to Care: Alcohol Increases Human Aggression by Increasing Pain Threshold, published in 2024 in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. This work explores the relationship between alcohol intake and increased aggression through the modulation of pain threshold, contributing to ongoing discussions in behavioral and psychological research.

The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is noted as a frequent venue for their publications. Collaborations have been made with coauthors including C. Nathan DeWall and Brad J. Bushman, indicating engagement with researchers active in studies of aggression, alcohol effects, and related psychological processes.

  • Too Insensitive to Care: Alcohol Increases Human Aggression by Increasing Pain Threshold (2024, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)

  • C. Nathan DeWall
  • Brad J. Bushman

  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Best Publications

  • The relation between alcohol and aggression: an integrated biopsychosocial conceptualization.

    Stephen T. Chermack;Peter R. Giancola

  • Executive functioning: A conceptual framework for alcohol-related aggression.

    Peter R. Giancola

  • Etiology of early age onset substance use disorder: A maturational perspective

    Ralph E. Tarter;Michael Vanyukov;Peter Giancola;Michael Dawes

  • Construct validity of laboratory aggression paradigms: A response to tedeschi and quigley (1996)

    Peter R. Giancola;Stephen T. Chermack

  • Alcohol myopia revisited: Clarifying aggression and other acts of disinhibition through a distorted lens

    Peter R. Giancola;Robert A. Josephs;Dominic J. Parrott;Aaron A. Duke

  • Executive cognitive functioning and aggressive behavior in preadolescent boys at high risk for substance abuse/dependence.

    P. R. Giancola;C. S. Martin;R. E. Tarter;William E. Pelham

  • Construct validity of a competitive reaction‐time aggression paradigm

    Peter R. Giancola;Amos Zeichner

  • Further evidence for the validity of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm

    Peter R. Giancola;Dominic J. Parrott

  • Salivary cortisol, personality, and aggressive behavior in adolescent boys: A 5-year longitudinal study

    Gavin D. Shoal;Peter R. Giancola;Galina P. Kirillova

  • Executive functioning and alcohol-related aggression.

    Peter R. Giancola

  • Addressing “The criterion problem” in the assessment of aggressive behavior: Development of a new taxonomic system

    Dominic J. Parrott;Peter R. Giancola

  • Substance use and risky sexual behavior in female adolescents

    Ada Castillo Mezzich;Ralph E. Tarter;Peter R. Giancola;Sandy Lu

  • Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version in Healthy Adults and Application to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Robert M. Roth;Charles E. Lance;Peter K. Isquith;Adina S. Fischer

  • EVidence for dorsolateral and orbital prefrontal cortical involvement in the expression of aggressive behavior

    Peter R. Giancola

  • Executive cognitive functioning, temperament, and antisocial behavior in conduct-disordered adolescent females.

    Peter R. Giancola;Ada C. Mezzich;Ralph E. Tarter

  • The biphasic effects of alcohol on human physical aggression

    Peter R. Giancola;Amos Zeichner

  • Alcohol-related aggression in men and women: The influence of dispositional aggressivity

    Peter R Giancola

  • Executive Cognitive Functioning and Risk for Substance Abuse

    Peter R. Giancola;Ralph E. Tarter

  • Executive Cognitive Functioning in Alcohol Use Disorders

    Peter R. Giancola;Howard B. Moss

  • Men and women, alcohol and aggression

    Peter R. Giancola;Cheri A. Levinson;Michelle D. Corman;Aaron J. Godlaski

  • Etiology of early age onset substance use disorder

    Ralph Tarter;Michael Vanyukov;Peter Giancola;Michael A Dawes

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominic J. Parrott
Dominic J. Parrott Georgia State University
Ralph E. Tarter
Ralph E. Tarter University of Pittsburgh
Ada C. Mezzich
Ada C. Mezzich University of Pittsburgh
Amos Zeichner
Amos Zeichner University of Georgia
Robert M. Roth
Robert M. Roth Dartmouth College
Levent Kirisci
Levent Kirisci University of Pittsburgh
Michael M. Vanyukov
Michael M. Vanyukov University of Pittsburgh
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
C. Nathan DeWall
C. Nathan DeWall University of Kentucky
Jordan B. Peterson
Jordan B. Peterson University of Toronto

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