@article{ref1,
title="Patterns and importance of self-other differences in college drinking norms",
journal="Psychology of addictive behaviors",
year="2006",
author="Carey, Kate B. and Borsari, Brian and Carey, Michael P. and Maisto, Stephen A.",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="385-393",
abstract="College students overestimate other students' drinking behavior (descriptive norms) and attitudes (injunctive norms). This study explored the effects of demographics, norm type, and reference group on the magnitude of self- other differences (SODs). Participants (N = 1,611; 64% women) completed surveys assessing demographics, drinking patterns, and perceived norms. A subset of 122 students provided consumption data 1 month later to test predictors of changes in drinking. Overall, women and non-Greeks (Greek = member of fraternity or sorority) reported larger SODs for both norm types compared with men and Greeks. Heavier drinkers reported smaller SODs. Gender x Reference Group interactions revealed that women had larger SODs for reference groups increasingly distal to them; for men, the largest SODs occur for close friends versus more distal groups. Larger SODs for descriptive norms predicted increases in drinking, consistent with social norms theory.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-164X",
doi="10.1037/0893-164X.20.4.385",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-164X.20.4.385"
}