Personalized normative feedback to reduce drinking among college students: A social norms intervention examining gender-based versus standard feedback

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 19-40

  Lojewski, Renee ^a   Rotunda, Rob J ^a   Arruda, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

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