Effects of normative feedback for drinkers who consume less than the norm: Dodging the boomerang

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 538-544

  Prince, Mark A ^a,b   Reid, Allecia ^c   Carey, Kate B ^c   Neighbors, Clayton ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; boomerang effect; brief interventions; college students; social norms theory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BOOMERANG EFFECT; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIGHTER DRINKER; MALE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PERSONALIZED NORMATIVE FEEDBACK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; STANDARD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COLLEGE DRINKING; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903300831     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036402     Document Type: Article

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