Exposing pluralistic ignorance to reduce alcohol use among college students
C. M. Schroeder and Deborah Prentice ran one-hour discussions with 452 first-year students. Groups heard either a discussion of pluralistic ignorance about drinking or one about individual decision-making. At a follow-up four to six months later, completed by 143 students, those who had heard about pluralistic ignorance reported about three drinks a week against about five in the comparison group. Rates of not drinking at all did not differ.
C. M. Schroeder and Deborah Prentice ran one-hour discussions with 452 first-year students. Groups heard either a discussion of pluralistic ignorance about drinking or one about individual decision-making. At a follow-up four to six months later, completed by 143 students, those who had heard about pluralistic ignorance reported about three drinks a week against about five in the comparison group. Rates of not drinking at all did not differ.
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doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01365.x. 452 first-year students; 143 at follow-up; 3.10 against 5.05 drinks a week.