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Addiction research

the proposal that drinking is reinforced because alcohol reduces tension, fear or anxiety.

In addiction research, tension reduction hypothesis refers to the proposal that drinking is reinforced because alcohol reduces tension, fear or anxiety. This meaning comes from Conger (1956) in Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol.[1]

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References

Conger, J. J. (1956). II. Reinforcement Theory and the Dynamics of Alcoholism. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 17(2), 296-305. https://doi.org/10.15288/qjsa.1956.17.296

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