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Levine, Joshua; Etchison, Sara; Oppenheimer, Daniel M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2014
It is well documented that student-athletes underperform academically. Some researchers have suggested that this underperformance is because student-athletes lack motivation in academic endeavors. In contrast, we find that most student-athletes hold positive private attitudes towards academic achievement, but also believe that their peers do not.…
Descriptors: College Students, Athletes, Academic Achievement, Underachievement
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Lewis, Melissa A.; Neighbors, Clayton – Journal of American College Health, 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…
Descriptors: Feedback, Drinking, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior