@article{ref1,
title="The role of sex-specific normative beliefs in undergraduate alcohol use",
journal="American journal of health behavior",
year="2005",
author="Thombs, Dennis L. and Ray-Tomasek, Jennifer and Osborn, Cynthia J. and Olds, R. Scott",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="342-351",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To create explanatory models of 3 undergraduate drinking practices based on sex-specific norms. METHODS: An electronic, student survey at one Mid-western university produced a representative sample of college students. RESULTS: Multivariate analyses indicated that close-friend norms were the best predictors of drinking frequency, quantity, and drunkenness. With one exception, typical student (or distal) norms had no significant relationship to drinking. Opposite-sex norms had associations with drinking above and beyond that explained by same-sex norms. CONCLUSIONS: The findings challenge the current application of the popular social norms approach that relies on distal drinking norms to provide normative feedback.",
language="",
issn="1087-3244",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}