Descriptive Drinking Norms: For Whom Does Reference Group Matter?*
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Descriptive drinking norms: For whom does reference group matter?
OBJECTIVE Perceived descriptive drinking norms often differ from actual norms and are positively related to personal consumption. However, it is not clear how normative perceptions vary with specificity of the reference group. Are drinking norms more accurate and more closely related to drinking behavior as reference group specificity increases? Do these relationships vary as a function of part...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1937-1888,1938-4114
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2011.72.833