RIA: Principal Investigator - Brian M. Quigley, PhD

Principal Investigator

Social Psychology

Primary Research Areas

The impact of alcohol and alcohol expectancies on
the decision-making processes involved in aggressive behavior. Interactional, self-presentational, and social cognitive motivations in anger and violence. The role of alcohol in marital violence.

Current Projects

Study of Health and Adult Relationship Experiences (funded by NIAAA). Examination of personality, health behaviors (such as smoking and drinking), attention and memory skills, and intimacy and conflict in relationships (in collaboration with Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD, Maria Testa, PhD and Rebecca J. Houston, PhD).

Alcohol and Couples Communication Study (funded by NIAAA). Investigation of how acute alcohol consumption influences the communication behaviors of men and women in a married or cohabiting relationship (in collaboration with Principal Investigator Maria Testa, PhD and Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD).

Alcohol and the Activation of Aggressive Thoughts (funded by NIAAA). This Scientist Development Award is examining the structure of alcohol expectancies regarding aggression and how, when combined with intoxication, these expectancies can influence the activation of aggressive cognitions (in collaboration with Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD).

On-going Research

Alcohol and Bar Violence (funded by NIAAA). This project examined the prevalence and predictors of alcohol-related violence among young adults between the ages of 18-30 (in collaboration with Principal Investigator Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD and Co-investigator R. Lorraine Collins, Ph.D, of UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions).

Representative and Recent Publications

Miller, K. E., & Quigley, B. M. (2011). Energy drink use and substance use among musicians. Journal of Caffeine Research, 1, 67-73.

Quigley, B. M., & Leonard, K. E. (2006). Alcohol expectancies and intoxicated aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal, 11, 484-496.

Quigley, B. M., & Leonard, K. E. (2005). Alcohol use and violence among young adults. Alcohol Research and Health, 28, 191-194.

Ohbuchi, K., Tamara, T., Quigley, B. M., Tedeschi, J. T., Madi, N., Bond, M. H., & Mummendey, A. (2004). Anger, blame, and dimensions of perceived norm violation: Culture, gender, and relationships. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 1587-1603.

Leonard, K. E., Quigley, B. M., & Collins, R. L. (2002). Physical aggression in the lives of young adults: Prevalence, location, and severity among college and community samples. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 533-550.

Quigley, B. M., Corbett, A. B., & Tedeschi, J. T. (2002). Desired image of power, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol related aggression. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 16, 318-324.

Quigley, B. M., & Leonard, K. E. (2000). Alcohol and the continuation of early marital aggression. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24, 1003-1010.

Leonard, K. E., & Quigley, B. M. (1999). Drinking and marital aggression in newlyweds: An event-based analysis of drinking and the occurrence of husband marital aggression. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60, 537-545.

Quigley, B. M., & Leonard, K. E. (1999). Husband alcohol expectancies, drinking, and marital conflict styles as predictors of severe marital violence among newlywed couples. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 13, 49-59.

Quigley, B. M., & Tedeschi, J. T. (1996). Mediating effects of blame attributions on feelings of anger. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 1280-1288.