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Women also felt pressured to match male drinking patterns, although they were self-conscious about other people's perceptions of drunk women. The biggest influence was the centralization of alcohol to student lifestyle. It is difficult for an individual to avoid binge drinking when the surrounding culture normalizes such behaviour.
Proximity and types of norms as well as types of college drinkers will need to be distinguished in the future design and evaluation of social norms interventions.
Results showed that Caucasians reported significantly higher confidence, higher sexual interest, and higher tension reduction expectancies than Asians. Conversely, Asians significantly expected cognitive enhancement and negative consequences more than Caucasians. Relative to Caucasians, the Asian sample also reported that they would be more able to refuse alcohol when under social pressure. Results from regression analyses showed that for the Caucasian sample, AE, DRSE and their interactions were significant predictors of alcohol consumption. For the Asian group, the only significant effect to emerge was that DRSE was negatively related to alcohol consumption.
An intervention method combining a counseling session with a commercially available online feedback profile can reduce risky drinking among college students.
In response to the increase in intensity of drinking and drug abuse on college campuses, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University has issued the following prevention suggestions to colleges and universities to reduce student substance abuse.
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