Our inferences cannot be applied to men and women in an identical fashion. Each of the three aggression factors were strongly, positively correlated with one another, but these associations differed by sex. Men exhibited stronger inter-factor correlations, suggesting that the distinctions between alcohol-related, drug-related, and non-substance-related aggression are fuzzier among men. These findings fit with previous research suggesting that alcohol’s and drugs’ effects on aggression are stronger among men than women (Giancola et al., 2009; Schnitzer et al., 2010). However, modeled fit was still acceptable within each sex group and lends confidence that the distinctions between each aggression construct might be accurately applied to both men and women.
