Normative misperceptions of tobacco use among university students in seven European countries: Baseline findings of the Social Norms Intervention for the prevention of Polydrug usE study

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.012" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.012</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.012" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.012</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Normative misperceptions of tobacco use among university students in seven European countries: Baseline findings of the Social Norms Intervention for the prevention of Polydrug usE study

Original language description

Research conducted in North America suggests that students tend to overestimate tobacco use among their peers. This perceived norm may impact personal tobacco use. It remains unclear how these perceptions influence tobacco use among European students. The two aims were to investigate possible self-other discrepancies regarding personal use and attitudes towards use and to evaluate if perceptions of peer use and peer approval of use are associated with personal use and approval of tobacco use. The EU-funded 'Social Norms Intervention for the prevention of Polydrug usE' study was conducted in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Slovak Republic, Spain, Turkey and United Kingdom. In total, 4482 students (71% female) answered an online survey including questions onpersonal and perceived tobacco use and personal and perceived attitudes towards tobacco use. Across all countries, the majority of students perceived tobacco use of their peers to be higher than their own use. The perception that the majo

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Addictive Behaviors

ISSN

0306-4603

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

51

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

158-164

UT code for WoS article

000361580900026

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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