Using facebook to deliver a social norm intervention to reduce problem drinking at university

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 667-673

  Ridout, Brad ^a   Campbell, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol intervention; Facebook; Normative feedback; Social networking site; University student

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NORM; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL NORMS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927077949     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12141     Document Type: Article

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