Study: Domestic Violence Increases After Major Sporting Events - Lindsay Abrams - The Atlantic
►http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/study-domestic-violence-increases-after-major-sporting-events/263570
When England lost 4-1 to Germany, its “heaviest defeat at the World Cup finals,” domestic violence rose by 31.5 percent. But a few days earlier, when hope for the championship was still alive and England defeated Slovenia, domestic violence also rose, by a similar 27.7 percent.
Interestingly, when England tied Slovenia, incidences of violence only increased by 0.1 percent, and when its match against the U.S. ended in a draw, the domestic violence rate actually dropped by 1.9 percent.
[...] “It is not that football tournaments cause the violence, but rather that the excitement, disappointment and flow of adrenalin resulting from watching a national team play may exacerbate existing tensions within a relationship and result in lost tempers and violence or abuse.” And naturally, “Such behaviour may be made worse or more likely when alcohol has been consumed.”