Journal
JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 391-424Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3289(01)00098-0
Keywords
college drinking; peer influence; active influence; drinking norms; modeling
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- NIAAA NIH HHS [F31 AA005571-01, F31 AA005571-02, R01 AA12518, F31-AA05571] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [F31AA005571, R01AA012518] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Peer pressure is consistently implicated in the excessive drinking of college students. However, both theory and empirical findings suggest that peer pressure is a combination of three distinct influences: overt offers of alcohol, modeling, and social norms. Overt offers of alcohol can range from polite gestures to intense goading or commands to drink. Modeling occurs when the student's behavior corresponds to another student's concurrent drinking behavior. Perceived social norms can serve to make excessive alcohol use appear common and acceptable to the student. This review critically examines the literature on each form of peer influence and provides suggestions for future research. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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