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）：拟议研究的主要目标是通过实验操纵新生大学生中同伴饮酒的规范信念。从高中到大学的过渡与冒险行为的增加有关，特别是潜在危险的酒精滥用和后果。通过检查个人对描述性（行为）和禁令性（态度）规范的反应，当前的研究将使研究人员能够更好地了解与饮酒的社会影响有关的因果因素，并为大学饮酒制定更有效的干预措施。使用实验和问卷调查方法，研究 1 将（a）主要评估对通过利用交互式在线论坛（聊天室）操纵的一致和冲突的规范信息的反应，以及（b）对自我影响的因素结构进行批判性检查。报告用于评估描述性和禁令性规范的措施。通过聊天室成功地操纵规范可以指导制定更具成本效益和个性化的干预措施。此外，对个人认知和个性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。作为先前研究结果的复制和扩展，研究 2 将 (a) 检验自决/个人自主作为对抗规范影响的潜在保护因素的作用，(b) 调查自主性等人格特质是否会导致个体关注一种类型的规范性信息而不是另一种类型，并且 (c) 允许确认研究 1 中的结构有效性发现。