ERIC Number: EJ744434
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 6
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Social Norms Approaches Using Descriptive Drinking Norms Education: A Review of the Research on Personalized Normative Feedback
Lewis, Melissa A.; Neighbors, Clayton
Journal of American College Health, v54 n4 p213-218 2006
College students have been shown to consistently overestimate the drinking of their peers. As a result, social norms approaches are effective in correcting these misperceived norms to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. In this review of literature, the authors critically evaluated the effectiveness of personalized normative feedback. In addition, the authors reviewed personalized normative feedback interventions and provided suggestions for increasing the efficacy of these interventions by making better use of salient referent group data.
Descriptors: Feedback, Drinking, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, College Students, Literature Reviews, Intervention, Athletes, Reference Groups, Gender Differences, College Freshmen, Sororities, Fraternities, Dormitories, Age Groups
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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