Social norms approaches using descriptive drinking norms education: A review of the research on personalized normative feedback

Melissa A. Lewis, Clayton Neighbors

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Abstract

College students have been shown to consistently overestimate the drinking of their peers. As a result, social norms approaches are effective in correcting these misperceived norms to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. In this review of literature, the authors critically evaluated the effectiveness of personalized normative feedback. In addition, the authors reviewed personalized normative feedback interventions and provided suggestions for increasing the efficacy of these interventions by making better use of salient referent group data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)213-218
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of American College Health
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2006

Keywords

  • Alcohol
  • Binge drinking
  • College students
  • Social norms

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