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Normative misperceptions of tobacco use among university students in seven European countries: Baseline findings of the 'Social Norms Intervention for the prevention of Polydrug usE' study.

Pischke, C.R., Helmer, S.M., McAlaney, J., Bewick, B.M., Vriesacker, B., Van Hal, G., Mikolajczyk, R.T., Akvardar, Y., Guillen-Grima, F., Salonna, F., Orosova, O., Dohrmann, S., Dempsey, R.C. and Zeeb, H., 2015. Normative misperceptions of tobacco use among university students in seven European countries: Baseline findings of the 'Social Norms Intervention for the prevention of Polydrug usE' study. Addictive Behaviors, 51, 158 - 164.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.012

Abstract

Research conducted in North America suggests that students tend to overestimate tobacco use among their peers. This perceived norm may impact personal tobacco use. It remains unclear how these perceptions influence tobacco use among European students. The two aims were to investigate possible self-other discrepancies regarding personal use and attitudes towards use and to evaluate if perceptions of peer use and peer approval of use are associated with personal use and approval of tobacco use.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0306-4603
Uncontrolled Keywords:Attitudes ; Peers ; Perceptions ; Social norms ; Tobacco use
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:22853
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:04 Nov 2015 16:24
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 13:54

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