Journal article
When Does Intoxication Help or Hurt My Case? The Role of Emotionality in the Use of Intoxication as a Discounting Cue
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, Vol.6(3), pp.342-349
07/01/2021
DOI: 10.1086/714362
Abstract
Many would contend that drinking to the point of intoxication is maladaptive. Further, almost all would agree that criminal behavior is maladaptive. Thus, one might assume that someone who commits a crime while intoxicated would be judged more harshly by others, given that such a perpetrator enacted two maladaptive behaviors. Yet, across two studies, including one analysis of archival criminal sentencing data, we demonstrate that this is often not the case. Critically, the type of crime committed influences whether intoxication mitigates versus exacerbates censure from others. For crimes predominately believed to be driven by emotion, intoxication discounts dispositional attributions and reduces perceived culpability. However, for other actions, intoxication has no effect, and can sometimes increase culpability. We conclude by discussing the important theoretical, practical, and policy implications of these findings, in addition to why a link between certain crimes and intoxication may enable abuse to the self and others.
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- Title: Subtitle
- When Does Intoxication Help or Hurt My Case? The Role of Emotionality in the Use of Intoxication as a Discounting Cue
- Creators
- Chelsea Galoni - Univ Iowa, Tippie Coll Business, Mkt, 21 E Market St, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKelly Goldsmith - Vanderbilt UniversityHal E. Hershfield - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Mkt & Behav Decis Making, Anderson Sch Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, Vol.6(3), pp.342-349
- Publisher
- Univ Chicago Press
- DOI
- 10.1086/714362
- ISSN
- 2378-1815
- eISSN
- 2378-1823
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Marketing
- Record Identifier
- 9984380551002771
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