A critical appraisal of the social norms approach as an interventional strategy for health-related behavior and attitude change

RC Dempsey, J McAlaney, BM Bewick - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Social Norms Approach is a widely used intervention strategy for promoting positive
health-related behaviors. The Approach operates on the premise that individuals …

Illicit substance use among university students from seven European countries: A comparison of personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards illicit …

SM Helmer, RT Mikolajczyk, J McAlaney… - Preventive …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective To compare European students' personal use and approval of illicit
substance use with their perceptions of peer behaviours and attitudes, and investigate …

Illicit drug use among college students: The role of social norms and risk perceptions

C Kollath-Cattano, SJ Hatteberg, A Kooper - Addictive behaviors, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine the prevalence and correlates of college student use of illicit
substances including cocaine, designer drugs, and nonmedical use of prescription …

Personal and perceived peer use of and attitudes toward alcohol among university and college students in seven EU countries: Project SNIPE

J McAlaney, SM Helmer, C Stock, B Vriesacker… - Journal of studies on …, 2015 - jsad.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to explore perceptions of peer substance use and
related attitudes among European students. Challenging perceptions about peer substance …

A systematic review of user-centred design practices in illicit substance use interventions for higher education students

D Organ, S Dick, C Hurley, C Heavin, C Linehan… - 2018 - cora.ucc.ie
There is increasing interest within the mobile health (mHealth) field for technologies that
encourage users to change or avoid certain health related behaviours. Recently the area of …

Predicting students' intention to use stimulants for academic performance enhancement

K Ponnet, E Wouters, M Walrave… - Substance Use & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The non-medical use of stimulants for academic performance enhancement is
becoming a more common practice among college and university students. Objective: The …

Normative perceptions of cannabis use among European university students: associations of perceived peer use and peer attitudes with personal use and attitudes

RC Dempsey, J McAlaney, SM Helmer… - Journal of studies on …, 2016 - jsad.com
Objective: Perceptions of peer behavior and attitudes exert considerable social pressure on
young adults to use substances. This study investigated whether European students …

Normative misperceptions of tobacco use among university students in seven European countries: Baseline findings of the 'Social Norms Intervention for the …

CR Pischke, SM Helmer, J McAlaney, BM Bewick… - Addictive Behaviors, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Research conducted in North America suggests that students tend to
overestimate tobacco use among their peers. This perceived norm may impact personal …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the social norms intervention The GOOD Life on norm perceptions, binge drinking and alcohol-related harms: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

L Vallentin-Holbech, BM Rasmussen… - Preventive medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
The study aimed to investigate if the school-based social norms intervention The GOOD Life
was effective in reducing misperceptions, heavy alcohol use and alcohol-related harms …

Binge drinking at University: a social network study in Belgium

V Lorant, P Nicaise - Health promotion international, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Many university students engage in risky alcohol consumption behaviour during their stay at
university. So far, however, most studies have relied on cross-sectional surveys and paid …