Check out NSNC in the news about our efforts to reduce high-risk drinking among students! Study: MSU campaign helped reduce high-risk drinking among students How MSU helped reduce high-risk drinking among students Myth-busting ads cut high-risk college student drinking How MSU helped reduce high-risk drinking among students
That is the question -- to which we usually answer YES, if the norm is favorable. This small study suggests that we might need further research. Title The Role of Social Norms in Personalized Alcohol Feedback: A Dismantling Study With Emerging Adults Author Jacqueline Alfonso Abstract This study compared two Web-based alcohol programs in a sample [...]
As in other studies of "bystander behavior," this study found that children were more likely to intervene to stop bullying if they perceived that FEWER peers would do so. As usual, the title links to the article. Title Relations Between Actual Group Norms, Perceived Peer Behavior, and Bystander Children's Intervention to Bullying Authors Lydia R. [...]
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A recent article in WSJ (yes, WSJ not an SSJ) includes using electronic media to share noms about drinking as a technique to reduce student drinking. Click here to read the article.
Never can tell what you will learn on the internet. I just found an article about modeling research published in 2011 by social scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The research demonstrates "...that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society." According to [...]
From our colleagues "across the pond" comes this request for help with their exploratory research into social norms and "digital addiction": Dear colleagues, We are currently undertaking work in social norms aspects of digital addiction, lead by my colleague Dr Raian Ali. As part of this work we are conducting some exploratory studies, if you [...]
"We flinch at the truth that most rapists are less likely to point a gun than to proffer a plastic cup of booze..." Nicholas Kristof, NYT Sunday Review" When the Rapist Doesn't See It As Rape. Nicholas Krisof is an op-ed columnist for the New York Times, a respected journalist and the father of college [...]
Here's some useful information about powdered alcohol (Palcohol) from Kristen Kidd Donovan, MPH, the very experienced Assistant Director of Substance Abuse Prevention for the Wellness Center at Virginia Commonwealth University: In an informal email, Kristen wrote: I spent some time this week wrapping my head around this problem, and I'm ready to cross it off [...]
Audience segmentation to create more effective prevention messages A recent Australian study found several clues to understand what motivates parents to provide alcohol to their underage children: They want their child to fit in with other kids They want to be the child’s “friend” as well as a parent (the “cool” parent) They see it [...]
