Experimental Test of College Drinking Norms

大学饮酒标准的实验测试

• 批准号: 7113413
• 负责人: Amee B Patel
• 金额: $ 3.13万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-05 至 2008-09-04
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7113413
• 关键词: Internet; adolescence (12-20); alcoholic beverage consumption; behavioral /social science research tag; belief; clinical research; emotional dependency; human subject; peer group; predoctoral investigator; questionnaires; social perception; substance abuse related behavior; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of the proposed study is to experimentally manipulate normative beliefs about peer alcohol use among entering college students. The transition from high school to college is associated with increased risk-taking and, in particular, potentially dangerous alcohol misuse and consequences. Through the examination of individual responses to descriptive (behavioral) and injunctive (attitudinal) norms, the current study will allow researchers to better understand causal factors involved with social influences to consume alcohol and to develop more effective interventions for collegiate drinking. Using both experimental and questionnaire methods, Study 1 will (a) primarily evaluate reactions to consistent and conflicting normative messages manipulated through the utilization of an interactive online forum (chat room) and (b) provide a critical examination of the factor structures of self-report measures used to assess descriptive and injunctive norms. Successful manipulation of norms through chat rooms can guide the development of more cost-effective and individually-tailored interventions. Further, an analysis of individual cognitive and personality factors will provide information about determinants of drinking behavior in response to social norms. As a replication and extension of previous findings, Study 2 will (a) examine the role of selfdetermination/personal autonomy as a potential protective factor against the effects of normative influence, (b) investigate whether personality traits, such as autonomy, lead an individual to attend to one type of normative message over another, and (c) allow for confirmation of construct validity findings from Study 1.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究的主要目标是实验操纵有关进入大学生的同伴饮酒的规范信念。从高中到大学的过渡与冒险的增加有关，尤其是潜在的危险滥用和后果。通过检查对描述性（行为）和禁令（态度）规范的个人反应，当前的研究将使研究人员能够更好地了解与社会影响有关的因果因素，以消耗酒精并为大学饮酒开发更有效的干预措施。使用实验和问卷方法，研究1将（a）主要评估通过利用交互式在线论坛（聊天室）操纵的一致且相互冲突的规范信息的反应（聊天室）和（b）提供了对用于评估描述性和强制性规范的自我报告因素结构的批判性检查。通过聊天室成功操纵规范可以指导开发更具成本效益和个人规定的干预措施。此外，对个人认知和人格因素的分析将提供有关响应社会规范的饮酒行为决定因素的信息。作为先前发现的复制和扩展，研究2将（a）研究自决/个人自主权作为潜在的保护因素，以防止规范影响的影响，（b）研究人格特征，例如自主性，导致个人是否会参与另一种规范性信息，并且（c）允许确认构造构建体验的构建体验，从研究中获得了研究。