Research
The following selection of research relates to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions. The citations are compiled on a monthly basis from 15 peer-reviewed journals serving as the primary source of college AODV prevention articles and from keyword searches of online research databases.
Social Norms Interventions
Campo, S., et al. (2011). The secondhand effects of college drinking: The need for media relations. Public Relations Journal, 5(2).
DeMartini, K. S., Carey, K. B., Lao, K., Luciano, M. (2011). Injunctive norms for alcohol-related consequences and protective behavioral strategies: Effects of gender and year in school. Addictive Behaviors, 36(4), 347-353.
Gidycz, C. A., Orchowski, L. M., Berkowitz, A. D. (2011). Preventing sexual aggression among college men: An evaluation of a social norms and bystander intervention program. Violence Against Women, online May 12, 2011.
Keyes, K. M., Schulenberg, J. E., O’Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Bachman, J. G., Li, G., Hasin, D. (2011). The social norms of birth cohorts and adolescent marijuana use in the United States, 1976–2007. Addiction, 106(10), 1790-1800.
LaBrie, J. W., Cail, J. (2011). Parental interaction with college students: The moderating effect of parental contact on the influence of perceived peer norms on drinking during the transition to college. Journal of College Student Development, 52(5), 610-621.
LaBrie, J. W., Hummer, J. F., Lac, A. (2011). Comparing injunctive marijuana use norms of salient reference groups among college student marijuana users and nonusers. Addictive Behaviors, 36(7), 717-720.
Larimer, M. E., Neighbors, C., LaBrie, J. W., Atkins, D. C., Lewis, M. A., Christine M., Lee, C. M., Kilmer, J. R., Kaysen, D. L., Pedersen, E. R., Montoya, H., Hodge, K., Desai, S., Hummer, J. F., Walter, T. Descriptive Drinking Norms: For Whom Does Reference Group Matter? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(5), 833–843.
Lewis, M. A., Litt, D. M., Blayney, J. A., Lostutter, T. W., Granato, H., Kilmer, J. R., Lee, C. M. They Drink How Much and Where? Normative Perceptions by Drinking Contexts and Their Association to College Students' Alcohol Consumption. J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 72, 844–853.
Park, Hee Sun, Smith, S. W., Klein, K. A., & Martell, D. (2011). College students’ estimation and accuracy of other students’ drinking and believability of advertisements featured in a social norms campaign. Journal of Health Communication, 16(5), 504-518.
Scribner, R. A., Theall, K. P., Mason, K., Simonsen, N., Kessel-Schneider, S., Gomberg-Towvim, L., Dejong, W. (2011). Alcohol prevention on college campuses: The moderating effect of the alcohol environment on the effectiveness of social norms marketing campaigns. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(2), 232-239.
Slater, M. D., Kelly, K. J., Lawrence, F. R., Stanley, L. R., Comello, M. L. G. (2011). Assessing media campaigns linking marijuana non-use with autonomy and aspirations: “Be Under Your Own Influence” and ONDCP’s “Above the Influence”. Prevention Science, 12(1), 12-22.
Smith, S. W., LaPlante, C., Wibert, W. N., Mayer, A., Atkin, C. K., Klein, K., Glazer, E., Martell, D. (2011). Student-generated protective behaviors to avert severe harm due to high-risk alcohol consumption. Journal of College Student Development, 52(1), 101-114.
Wells, S., Neighbors, C., Tremblay, P. F., Graham, K. (2011). Defending girlfriends, buddies and oneself: Injunctive norms and male barroom aggression. Addictive Behaviors, 36(4), 416-420.
Abar, C. C., & Maggs, J. L. (2010). Social influence and selection processes as predictors of normative perceptions and alcohol use across the transition to college. Journal of College Student Development, 51(5), 496-508.
Agrawal, N., & Duhachek, A. (2010). Emotional compatibility and the effectiveness of anti-drinking messages: A defensive processing perspective on shame and guilt. Journal of Marketing Research, 47(2), 263-273.
Killos, L. F., Hancock, L. C., McGann, A. W., Keller, A. E. (2010). Do “clicker” educational sessions enhance the effectiveness of a social norms marketing campaign? Journal of American College Health, 59(3), 228-230.
King, J. J., Borsari, B., & Chen, J. (2010). Resident assistant and college students’ perceptions of alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 35(6), 640-643.
LaBrie, J. W., Hummer, J. F., Neighbors, C., & Larimer, M. E. (2010). Whose opinion matters? The relationships between injunctive norms and alcohol consequences in college students. Addictive Behaviors, 35(4), 343-349.
LaBrie, J.W., Hummer, J. F., Grant, S., & Lac, A. (2010). Immediate reductions in misperceived social norms among high-risk college students. Addictive Behaviors, 35(12), 1094-1101.
Lee, C. M., Geisner, I. M., Patrick, M. E., & Neighbors, C. (2010). The social norms of alcohol-related negative consequences. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(2), 342-348.
Neighbors, C., LaBrie, J. W., Hummer, J. F., Lews, M. A., Lee, C. M., Desai, S., Kilmer, J. R., Larimer, M. E. (2010). Group identification as a moderator of the relationship between perceived social norms and alcohol consumption. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(3), 522-528.
Patrick, M. E., & Lee, C. M. (2010) Comparing numbers of drinks: College students’ reports from retrospective summary, followback, and prospective daily diary measures. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71(4), 554-561.
Pedersen, E. R., Neighbors, C., & LaBrie, J. W. (2010) College students’ perceptions of class year-specific drinking norms, Addictive Behaviors, 35(3), 290-293.
Perkins, H. W., Linkenbach, J. W., Lewis, M. A., Neighbors, C. (2010). Effectiveness of social norms media marketing in reducing drinking and driving: A statewide campaign. Addictive Behaviors, 35(10), 866-874.
Pedersen, E., LaBrie, J., & Hummer, J. (2009). Perceived behavioral alcohol norms predict drinking for college students while studying abroad. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70(6), 924-928.
Beck, K. H., Arria, A. M., Caldeira, K. M., Vincent, K. B., O'Grady, K. E., & Wish, E. D. (2008). Social context of drinking and alcohol problems among college students. American Journal Of Health Behavior, 32(4), 420-430.
Benton, S. L., Downey, R. G., Glider, P. J., Benton, S. A. (2008). College students' norm perception predicts reported use of protective behavioral strategies for alcohol consumption. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(6), 859-865.
Lewis, T. F. (2008). An explanatory model of student-athlete drinking: The role of team leadership, social norms, perceptions of risk, and coaches' attitudes toward alcohol consumption. College Student Journal, 42(3), 818-831.
Neighbors, C., Geisner, I. M., & Lee, C. M. (2008). Perceived marijuana norms and social expectancies among entering college student marijuana users. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22(3), 433-438.
Pedersen, E. R., & LaBrie, J. W. (2008). Normative misperceptions of drinking among college students: A look at the specific contexts of prepartying and drinking games. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(3), 406-411.
Pedersen, E. R., Labrie, J. W., & Lac, A. (2008). Assessment of perceived and actual alcohol norms in varying contexts: Exploring social impact theory among college students. Addictive Behaviors, 33(4), 552-564.
Reilly, D. W., & Wood, M. D. (2008). A randomized test of a small-group interactive social norms intervention. Journal of American College Health, 57(1), 53-60.
Turner, J., Perkins, H. Wesley, Bauerle, J. Declining negative consequences related to alcohol misuse among students exposed to a social norms marketing intervention on a college campus. Journal of American College Health, Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p85-94.
Lederman, L. C., Stewart, L. P., & Russ, T. L. (2007). Addressing college drinking through curriculum infusion: A study of the use of experience-based learning in the communication classroom. Communication Education, 56(4), 476-494.
Lewis, T. F. (2007). Perceptions of risk and sex-specific social norms in explaining alcohol consumption among college students: Implications for campus interventions. Journal of College Student Development, 48(3), 297-310
Neighbors, C., Fossos, N., Woods, B. A., Fabiano, P., Sledge, M., & Frost, D. (2007). Social anxiety as a moderator of the relationship between perceived norms and drinking. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol, 68(1),91-96.

