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Tendiamo a sottovalutare il nostro livello di ubriachezza se le persone che ci stanno accanto sono più ubriache di noi. É la conclusione di uno studio pubblicato di recente e ripreso in questo articolo di Medical News Today.

Breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) was tested in 1,862 individuals from different social groups between 8pm-3am on Friday and Saturday nights in four locations near large drinking establishments. Participants were divided into eight reference groups for each gender in each location, based on the assumption that people compare themselves to others of the same sex. Researchers investigated the relationship between rank and people’s judgment by asking 400 of the participants four additional rank-based questions to identify how they perceived their level of drunkenness and the potential health risks of their drinking.

They asked: “How drunk are you right now?” “How extreme has your drinking been tonight?” “If you drank as much as you have tonight every week how likely is it that you will damage your health and get liver cirrhosis in the next 15 years?” People mostly perceived themselves as being moderately drunk and at moderate risk, even though their BrAC level exceeded U.S. driving limits. On average, men had higher BrAC levels than women.

 

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