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Study Shows College Students Overestimate Drinking
The social Norms Approach: Theory, Research and Annotated Bibliography
by Alan D. Berkowitz, Ph.D., Independent Consultant, Trumansburg, N.Y.
The social norms approach provides a theory of human behavior that has important implications for health promotion and prevention. It states that our behavior is influenced by incorrect perceptions of how other members of our social groups think and act. For example, an individual may overestimate
the permissiveness of peer attitudes and/or behaviors with respect to alcohol, smoking or other drug use, or underestimate the extent to which peers engage in healthy behavior. The theory predicts that overestimations of problem behavior will increase these problem behaviors while underestimations of healthy behaviors will discourage individuals from engaging in them.
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Alcohol abuse tops 30% in U.S.
Associated Press
More than 30 percent of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives, and few have received treatment, according to a new government study.
Alcoholics who got treatment first received it, on average, at about age 30, eight years after they developed dependence on drinking, researchers reported.
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