Bidirectional associations between descriptive and injunctive norms [PDF]
Modern research on social norms makes an important distinction between descriptive norms (how people commonly behave) and injunctive norms (what one is morally obligated to do). Here we propose that this distinction is far from clear in the cognition of social norms. In a first study, using the implicit association test, the concepts of ‘‘common’’ and ‘
Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling
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Alcohol evaluations and acceptability: Examining descriptive and injunctive norms among heavy drinkers [PDF]
Objectives: This study assessed descriptive and injunctive norms, evaluations of alcohol consequences, and acceptability of drinking. Methods: Participants were 248 heavy-drinking undergraduates (81.05% female; Mage = 23.45).
Heather Krieger +2 more
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Injunctive Norms and Problem Gambling among College Students [PDF]
Two studies examined the relationships among injunctive norms and college student gambling. In study 1 we evaluated the accuracy of perceptions of other students' approval of gambling and the relationship between perceived approval and gambling behavior.
Mary E Larimer +2 more
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Descriptive and injunctive norms of waterpipe smoking among college students. [PDF]
Smoking tobacco via a waterpipe (WP) is on the rise, particularly among college students. One reason for this may be normative perceptions of WP tobacco smoking (WTS) among this population. The current study examined the perceived and actual descriptive and injunctive norms of WTS among a college student sample.Participants were 894 college students ...
Leavens ELS +6 more
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Implementing Injunctive Social Norms Using Defeasible Reasoning
Believability requires video game characters to consider their actions within the context of social norms. Social norms involve a broad range of behavioral defaults, obligations, and injunctions unrelated to strictly causal reasoning. Defeasible reasoning involves rationally compelling but deductively invalid arguments, such as reasoning with rules ...
Joseph A. Blass, Ian D. Horswill
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US Pediatricians' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceived Injunctive Norms About Spanking. [PDF]
ABSTRACT: Objective: To assess United States pediatricians' attitudes, beliefs, and perceived professional injunctive norms regarding spanking. Method: A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to a nationwide random sample of 1500 pediatricians in the US, drawn from a ...
Taylor CA +3 more
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'Welcome' Changes? Descriptive and Injunctive Norms in a Wikipedia Sub-Community [PDF]
Open online communities rely on social norms for behavior regulation, group cohesion, and sustainability. Research on the role of social norms online has mainly focused on one source of influence at a time, making it difficult to separate different normative influences and understand their interactions. In this study, we use the Focus Theory to examine
Filippova, Anna, Morgan, Jonathan
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Understanding the role of social norms in a web-based personalised, feedback intervention for alochol use [PDF]
Excessive alcohol consumption in university students in the UK has been identified by Government agencies and health care providers as significant problem.
Marley, Sarah Louise
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Collective Behaviours: Mediation Mechanisms Underlying the Influence of Descriptive and Injunctive Norms. [PDF]
Conformity to descriptive and injunctive norms has been explained by informational and normative social influence. We argue that in addition to these two types of social influence, outcome expectancy can mediate descriptive norms’ impact on people’s ...
Moussaoui LS, White KM, Desrichard O.
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Predicting consumption of the USDA protein sub-recommendations among adults: a reasoned action approach [PDF]
Background: There is reportedly an under-consumption of protein foods from sub-recommendations within the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (meat, poultry, and eggs, seafood, and nuts, seeds and soy-products).
Paul Branscum, Karly Geller
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