As a Self-Handicapping Strategy, Drinking Too Much Alcohol

question 69

Multiple Choice

As a self-handicapping strategy, drinking too much alcohol:

• A) may protect self-esteem from the consequences of failure
• B) may provide an excuse for committing antisocial acts
• C) is used by women more than by men
• D) all of the above
• E) a and b

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