The Reciprocal Influence Model of Alcohol Use Suggests That ________

question 73

Multiple Choice

The reciprocal influence model of alcohol use suggests that ________

• A) expectancies of social benefit can influence adolescents to begin or to continue drinking.
• B) the final common pathway of alcohol use is motivation.
• C) alcoholics are especially intolerant of stress, and thus susceptible to the tension-reducing properties of alcohol.
• D) marital partners may enable one another to continue drinking.

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