Giving students a valid picture of how much their peers actually drink could reduce campus drinking.
Clearing up misconceptions about how much college students drink can reduce alcohol consumption on campuses, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Researchers found that the image of a typical college student as a drunken frat boy is largely a myth. Moreover, when students find out that their classmates are relatively modest in their drinking habits, they cut back on their own drinking as well.
According to Foss, once students have a valid concept of how much their peers are actually drinking, they tend to follow suit. "A great deal of what humans do is strongly influenced by social norms," he says. "Rather than telling students what to do, these programs say 'This is what we do around here,' and leave it at that. Students feel like it's respectful."
Foss cautions, however, that a social norms approach is not a cure-all for campus drinking problems. "The social norm part is only an attempt to attack one piece of an environment that facilitates and encourages excessive drinking. There are many more things that need to be done."
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2 comments:
I think its horrible now, that it seems that within their spare time, because they have so much time on their hands, that its all they do. And then when they are not drinking they are just complaining about how they dont have time for anything. The way i see it is if you had not been drinking and inhibited for x amount of hours, you would have ample time to many things, there is no excuse especially if you dont have a job.
It's dangerous because a person never knows really when enough is enough. He might think he does but his mind is telling him other.
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