Intervening or interfering? The influence of injunctive and descriptive norms on intervention behaviours in alcohol consumption contexts

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 561-578

  Mollen, Saar ^a,b   Rimal, Rajiv N ^c   Ruiter, Robert A C ^a   Jang, Su Ahn ^d   Kok, Gerjo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; descriptive norm; injunctive norm; intervening; protective behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876304908     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.752827     Document Type: Article

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