@article{ref1,
title="Understanding alcohol use among U.S. Cambodians: how useful is the concept of cultural norms?",
journal="Substance use and misuse",
year="2014",
author="Pagano, Anna and Lee, Juliet P. and Sin, Talaya",
volume="49",
number="8",
pages="999-1006",
abstract="Observed differences in substance use are frequently attributed to cultural norms, which in turn are often interpreted as fixed properties of ethnically defined groups. During a community-based participatory research study (2009-2011), U.S. Cambodian women identified community-specific drinking behaviors and beliefs. To test how widely other U.S. Cambodians shared their views, we formulated them into a series of normative statements and surveyed local community members (N = 172). We identified few consensualized norms, which suggests that (A) norms may not be reducible to normative statements; and/or (B) norms may not be shared by all group members; and (C) if neither A nor B holds, then the attribution of observed drinking patterns to cultural norms lacks internal validity. Study's limitations were noted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1082-6084",
doi="10.3109/10826084.2013.855233",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2013.855233"
}