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Hull (1981) proposed that alcohol functions to reduce self-awareness following failure. A failure experience is likely to produce a state of negative self-evaluation. Such a state is aversive and escape from it will be sought. That alcohol is capable of interfering with this state and thereby providing a means of escape is sufficient to induce and sustain alcohol consumption.
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DiRito, D. (1993). Motivational Factors in Alcohol Consumption: Extending Hull’s Model. In: Barabasz, A.F., Barabasz, M. (eds) Clinical and Experimental Restricted Environmental Stimulation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8583-7_18
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