ArticleAddictive behaviors2017
Alcohol perceptions and behavior in a residential peer social network.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Using social network analysis to examine alcohol use among adults: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
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- From Familiar Faces to New Spaces: Perceived Social Network Change and Its Association With Loneliness During the Transition to University.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Social networks, cultural pride, and historical loss among non-reservation American Indian/Alaska native emerging adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Day-level examination of ego-network effects on college students' alcohol consumption.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- Examining Between- and Within-Subjects Effects of Posting and Exposure to Alcohol-Related Social Media Content on Drinking Over Time.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- Associations between Interpersonal Communication, Perceived Norms, and E-Cigarette Use: The Moderating Role of Social Network Size.Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- Social network alcohol use is associated with individual-level alcohol use among Black sexually minoritized men and gender-expansive people: Findings from the Neighborhoods and Networks (N2) cohort study.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults' co-engagement in physical activity.PloS one · 2025Article
- I need new friends! Changes in perceived peer drinking norms and developmental outcomes across the transition to college.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Diagnostic discrimination of social network indicators in alcohol use disorder: Initial examination using high-resolution and brief assessments.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Associations between frequency of exposure to peer-generated alcohol-related posts and alcohol use within a social network of college students.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- Following social media influencers who share alcohol-related content is associated with college drinking.Drug and alcohol review · 2024Article
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- A pilot study of the acceptability, efficacy, and iatrogenic effects of a brief dynamic norms intervention for reducing young adult alcohol use.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Using social network methodology to examine the effects of exposure to alcohol-related social media content on alcohol use: A critical review.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Review
- Social Network Composition, Relationship Type, and Alcohol Use Among Young Adults Not in Four-Year College.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- The association between social network members sharing alcohol-related social media content and alcohol outcomes among college student drinkers.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Associations between social network characteristics and alcohol use alone or in combination with cannabis use in first-year college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Mechanisms Underlying Associations between Media Alcohol Exposure, Parenting, and Early Adolescent Drinking: A Moderated Sequential Mediation Model.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Article
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Abstract
Personalized normative feedback is a recommended component of alcohol interventions targeting college students. However, normative data are commonly collected through campus-based surveys, not through actual participant-referent relationships. In the present investigation, we examined how misperceptions of residence hall peers, both overall using a global question and those designated as important peers using person-specific questions, were related to students' personal drinking behaviors. Participants were 108 students (88% freshman, 54% White, 51% female) residing in a single campus residence hall. Participants completed an online baseline survey in which they reported their own alcohol use and perceptions of peer alcohol use using both an individual peer network measure and a global peer perception measure of their residential peers. We employed network autocorrelation models, which account for the inherent correlation between observations, to test hypotheses. Overall, participants accurately perceived the drinking of nominated friends but overestimated the drinking of residential peers. Consistent with hypotheses, overestimating nominated friend and global residential peer drinking predicted higher personal drinking, although perception of nominated peers was a stronger predictor. Interaction analyses showed that the relationship between global misperception and participant self-reported drinking was significant for heavy drinkers, but not non-heavy drinkers. The current findings explicate how student perceptions of peer drinking within an established social network influence drinking behaviors, which may be used to enhance the effectiveness of normative feedback interventions.
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