Descriptive and injunctive norms in college drinking: a meta-analytic integration.

By Brian Borsari, Kate B. Carey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology

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Normative Influences on Adolescents’ Self-Reported Pro-Environmental Behaviors: The Role of Parents and Friends (2019, background): “Similarly, adolescents tend to overestimate the use and approval of alcohol of their peers (Borsari & Carey, 2003; Perkins, 2002), and this misperception of social norms can be internalized over time and affect their own attitude toward drinking (Prentice & Miller, 1993).”
The relationship between social identity, normative information, and college student drinking (2007, background): “…consistently find that college students overestimate the quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption (descriptive norms) as well as the approval of drinking (injunctive norms) among their college peers (Baer, Stacy, & Larimer, 1991; for reviews see, Borsari & Carey, 2003; Perkins, 2002b, 2003).”
Gender-specific Normative Misperceptions of Risky Sexual Behavior and Alcohol-related Risky Sexual Behavior (2007, background): “This approach is based on the premise that individual college students often perceive that others drink more heavily and hold more favorable attitudes towards drinking than he/she does and that reducing misperceptions will lead to reductions in risky drinking behavior (Borsari and Carey 2003; Perkin”
Nudge: Concept, Effectiveness, and Ethics (2017, background): “…that involve best friends’ drinking rather than typical student drinking level would be more specific and may have a stronger influence, assuming the peers are actually consuming alcohol within healthy limits (Baer, Stacy, & Larimer, 1991; Borsari & Carey, 2003; M. A. Lewis & Neighbors, 2006).”
The international development of the ‘Social Norms’ approach to drug education and prevention (2011, background): “Borsari and Carey (2003) have noted the ‘veritable explosion’ of social norms campaigns in recent years.”
A framework for mapping and comparing behavioural theories in models of social-ecological systems (2017, background): “Within different social science disciplines social norms are studied as a key element affecting 398 decision-making (Kallgren et al. 2000; Berkowitz, 1972; Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975; Kerr, 1995; Staub, 399 1972; Triandis, 1977; Bandura 1977; Borsari and Carey, 2003; Cialdini et al. 1990).”
Social norms and cooperation in real-life social dilemmas (2008, background): “Although they are equally subjective, such qualifiers are usually not added when referring to descriptive norms (cf., e.g., Borsari & Carey, 2003; Larimer, Turner, Mallett, & Geisner, 2004).”
Antecedents of travellers' electronic word-of-mouth communication (2013, background): “…between subjective norm and behavioural intention is explained by the theory of reasoned action (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975) and the theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen, 1991), and is supported by empirical studies (e.g. Borsari & Carey, 2003; Deutsch & Gerard, 1955; Gomberg, Schneider, & DeJong, 2001).”
Alcohol's Getting a Bit More Social: When Alcohol Marketing Messages on Facebook Increase Young Adults’ Intentions to Imbibe (2015, background): “Borsari and Carey (2000, 2003) demonstrated that college students typically overestimate their peers’ alcohol consumption, and this misperception impacts their own drinking behavior.”
Bidirectional associations between descriptive and injunctive norms (2015, background): “…tendency of people to conform not only to injunctive norms but also to descriptive norms (e.g., Bicchieri & Xiao, 2009; Borsari & Carey, 2001; Borsari & Carey, 2003; Cialdini, 2003; Cialdini & Goldstein, 2004; Cialdini et al., 1990, 1991; Claidière & Whiten, 2012; Perkins & Berkowitz, 1986).”
Targeting misperceptions of descriptive drinking norms: efficacy of a computer-delivered personalized normative feedback intervention. (2004, background): “Results from a recent meta-analysis (Borsari & Carey, 2003) revealed several factors that moderate normative misperceptions, on which normative feedback interventions are based, and provide some direction in addressing these questions.”
Unintended Effects of Health Communication Campaigns (2007, critical): “Although the intuitive appeal of this approach has led to ‘‘a veritable explosion of norm education campaigns across the country’’ (Borsari & Carey, 2003, p. 332), this popularity has not been backed by matching evidence of effectiveness.”