Misperception of alcohol norms: influence of others' comments on perception of norm drinking behaviors
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Previous research has repeatedly demonstrated that undergraduate students overrate others' norm comfort with and consumption of alcohol (i.e., Prentice & Miller, 1993).This is a dangerous misperception, as students are increasing their personal alcohol intake and / or frequency in order to match their incorrect perception of how much everyone else is drinking.Already assuming that their peers are more comfortable with, and consume more, alcohol than they do, college students' perception of norm alcohol use may be influenced by peer comments indicating approval / disapproval of alcohol use.Thus, the present study experimentally tested whether a positive or negative comment in reaction to a portrayal of excessive drinking would influence participants' perceptions of drinking behavior among their campus peers, and whether Procedure ………………………………………………………………………....… Results ……………………………………………………………………………….….CHAPTER 3 -Results ……………………………………………………………………….…
Author: Schnabelrauch, Chelsea A.
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W163045025