Immediate reductions in misperceived social norms among high-risk college student groups

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1094-1101

  LaBrie, Joseph W ^a   Hummer, Justin F ^a   Grant, Sean ^a   Lac, Andrew ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College students; Intervention; Normative feedback; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLING INTERVENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; GROUP STRUCTURE; GROUP THERAPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEEDBACK; GREECE; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPORTS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956650675     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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