Aggression Dependence on Energy Drinks Consumption

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Method
Plans for analysis
Discussion
Reference

The main purpose of the proposal research is to conduct the influence of energy drinks based on caffeine on people’s psychological condition, paying significant attention to the arouse of aggression in their behavior. We put forward a hypothesis that energy drinks influence negatively on people’s psychological condition and promote the aggressive behavior in general. The research is conducted via an experiment with 20 participants who are divided into two groups 10 people each. The observation will last for two weeks. The results will be analyzed and compared via basic and chain methods.

It is universally accepted that energy drinks stimulate people for further actions, they “shake” people’s organism and get second wind. It is not a secret that different energy drinks influence people’s organism by means of caffeine. The consumption of energy drinks became popular for about 10 years ago. Such words as guarana, gotu kola, yohimbine, and ginseng are not strange for people, especially adolescence, whose life is so eventful and exciting. To be able to complete all business in time and leave energy and desire for fun for parties, students try to stimulate their organism with the help of different energy drinks. These energy drinks may be of two natures, herbal or on the basis of caffeine. The ingredients do not play essential role as the influence on the organism is the same.

One of the main reasons of the drinks popularity in the world is that they stimulate people’s organism, giving additional energy for enduring additional physical or mental activities. Moreover, the consumption of energy drinks adds to the concentration on the lessons that is extremely important for most students. Although, the observation conducted by Everly and Brown (2008) shows that those who consumed energy products for some period of time began to feel different inconveniences, such as stomach problems, hyperactivity that led to difficulties in sleeping, and anxiety. Constant headaches are the supporters of those who used to consume energy drinks. All these symptoms are the first steps to aggression that was observed in most cases. People who do not have enough sleep and have to live with constant headaches and stomach problems are sure to become more aggressive. Thus, energy drinks that contain caffeine and other stimuli components influence people’s health condition in general and affect their psychological condition that pours out via aggression.

Still, there is the other opinion on this problem. The research conducted by Cherek, Tcheremissine, and Lane (2006) show that caffeine being component of the most energy drinks decreases aggression manifestation in people’s behavior. The research was conducted in laboratory conditions. The main importance of this research before the previous one is that previous research was based on the observation, and this research was conducted in the controlled laboratory with all necessary equipment to follow the results. The aggression in most cases is explained by hyperactivity and emotional and physical stress that is the main consequence of the energy drinks. Nevertheless, there is one more research that was conducted with the purpose to explain the influence of energy drinks with caffeine on people’s organism. The research showed that there is a category of people whose reaction to caffeine in different kinds of drinks is absolutely different. These people sleep perfectly and even longer after having consumed a drink based on caffeine (Weinberg & Bealer, 2001).

Thus, we have come to the conclusion that there is no relevant information whether energy drinks that contain caffeine arouse aggression or not. The widespread use of energy drinks with caffeine demands a deep research conduction of the question as people’s psychological health is in danger. Moreover, people should know the influence of the drinks they consume on their organism. This proposed study will focus on measuring the influence of energy drinks based on caffeine on people’s behavior with the specific notice of aggression manifestation. The experiment will be conducted in two groups, the first group will consume energy drinks every day, while the other one will not receive them. The main purpose of the experiment is to prove that energy drinks based on caffeine influence people’s general condition negatively and that one of the most undesirable effects energy drinks produce is the aggressive condition it creates.

Method

The proposed study will be directed to the observation of people’s reaction on energy drinks’ consumption and the analysis of the received results.

Participants

We will take 20 participants that will be selected randomly. The age of the participants is from 18 till 35 from considerations of the fact that this age group is the most active in the reference to the life activities they should deal with. This age group is considered to consume more energy products based on caffeine due to their activity and desire to be always in time and be able to cope with the whole amount of work. The participants will be allocated evenly with the age and general health condition of participants in mind.

Procedure

The proposed study will test the hypothesis based on the experimental strategy. The group of people will be divided into two groups, 10 participants in each. The groups will be formed according to age criterion, the groups will have similar average age signs. The main condition of the experiment is that participants will remain in their usual habitat. This decision is made for the reason of not to change the environment and not to create additional reasons for stressing situation. It is significant to leave the whole environment familiar for participants and not to change it, as it may lead to the influence of other factors on the experiment results.

Turning to the very procedure, the experiment will last for two weeks. Within those weeks participants of the experiment will be allowed living their usual lives with changing neither activities nor behavior. Before the beginning of the experiment conduction, the general physical and mental condition of all participants will be checked via body examination, medical patients’ history review, and different test which aim is to show the mental condition of the participants. One of these two groups will be given an energy drink based on caffeine one time a day. Another group will not receive the drink. The participants of the experiment will be subjected to medical examination twice a day, both physical and mental. While physical examination, participants’ general condition will be checked, body temperature and blood pressure. The doctors will note all complaints, if any. While mental examination, participants will have to answer specialists’ questions and come through several simple tests that show general psychological condition of the experiment participants.

The results received before the beginning of the experiment will be considered as basic. The results of the further participant’s medical examination will be noted in the special form. Such forms will be created for each participant in particular and on the whole group in general. The general results will be summarized every day and the general condition of each group will be noted as well.

Thus, the participants will lead their common life with the only exception that they will have to come for examination twice a day, and one group will be offered energy drinks every day. The experiment is connected with people’s health and it is valued most of all. It is significant to remember that if any of the participants notices radical changes in the organism and wants to refuse the further participation in the experiment, he or she will be able to leave, but one more person from the other group will have to go away not to upset the balance.

Measures

Participants’ characteristics: Participants will be asked about their general mode of life, the presence of irritant and factors that can influence the results of the experiment to a considerable extent. The participants will be examined twice a day, in the morning and in the evening. Physical and mental condition will be checked. All the results will be noted every day, temperature, blood pressure, different patients’ complaints, if any, and the description of the psychological condition as well as changes.

Energy drinks characteristics: The energy drink 10 participants will have to consume will be based on the caffeine, the main nervous stimulator. The energy drink will be of the same producer and based on the same components. It is not predicted to vary the taste and the ingredients of the energy drink as it may influence the results of the experiment.

Plans for analysis

The data collected in the research will be considered and analyzed via the comparison method in two different ways. First of all, basic results that are received before the beginning of the experiment will be compared with the intermediate results that are received in the duration of the experiment. It is possible to compare the general results of each week with the basic ones. The other way of the results analysis will be based on the chain comparison, when the results of the experiment in this day will be compared with the results of the experiment in the previous day. Thus, it is expected to receive two different reports of the results, basic, the final comparison of the results with those received before the experiment conduction, and chain, the duration of changes in the general condition in people’s organism with special relation to aggression symptoms. There two types of results analysis will give us the opportunity to check the general changes in people’s mental condition and to see the succession of changes that took place in people’s psychological condition. It is significant for consideration of the crucial point in people’s behavior.

Discussion

The purpose of the proposed research is to consider the influence of energy drinks based on caffeine on the increase of aggression in people’s behavior. This hypothesis is going to be checked by means of the experiment with 20 participants who will be divided into two groups, those who will consume energy drinks and those who will not. The experiment will last for two weeks. The participants will remain in the common for them environment. Doctors will check participants’ physical and psychological condition twice a day by means of body examination and different psychological tests that can determine patients’ condition without his/her complaints. In general, participants will have to lead their normal lives, and inform about slightest changes in physical or psychological conditions, if any. The results of tests and examinations will be noted and at the end of the experiment the basic and chain analysis will be done.

Limitations

The main limitation of the research is that people’s life is full of different factors that influence their behavior. Leaving people in their common environment we want to reduce the influence of changes on people’s mental condition. Although, living in that common environment people can be influenced by the outside factors, such as problems at the workplace, family problems or other factors that can spoil the results of the experiment.

Another limitation is that health of different people is various, and their reaction to some ingredients can be different. It is impossible to say that energy drinks and caffeine will influence people similarly. Weinberg and Bealer (2001) state that some people either cannot sleep without caffeine or sleep better when they have consumed a drink based on caffeine before going to bed. The same can be related to the aggressive behavior, different people may treat in the other way.

The other limitation of the experiment that is devoted to the understanding of the influence of energy drinks on people’s aggressive behavior that some people got used to hide their emotions and sometimes do not notice that they try to restrain their real emotions. The personal factor is one of the main limitations. Because of randomized choice of the participants, the problems connected to people’s health can be main factors for changed results. Moreover, having constant headaches and depressed mood, people will be able not to notice the change in mood and will not announce the change in their organism.

Reference

Cherek, D. R., Tcheremissine, O. V., & Lane, S. D. (2006). Psychopharmacology of human aggression: Laboratory and clinical studies. In R. J. Nelson (Ed.), Biology of aggression (pp. 424–446). New York: Oxford University Press.

Everly, G. S., & Brown, S. (2008). The Resilient Child: Seven Essential Lessons for Your Child’s Happiness and Success. New York: DiaMedica Publications.

Weinberg, B. A., & Bealer, B. K. (2001). The world of caffeine: the science and culture of the world’s most popular drug. London: Routledge.

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