The Causes of Self-Defeating Behavior (726 words, 3 pages)
In the research article, author Roy F. Baumeister argues that self-defeating or self-destructive behavior (i.e. behavior that produces greater costs than benefits to self) is to some degree caused by threatened egotism, self-regulation failure, and emotional distress. Because human nature is thought to be rational and self-destruction draws the limits ...
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