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The Impact of Social Norms on Diffusion Dynamics: A Simulation of E-Cigarette Use Behavior
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Sarah E. Piombo; George G. Vega Yon; Thomas W. Valente – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Diffusion of innovations theory can be used to understand how to prevent or slow the spread of harmful behaviors, such as e-cigarette use in adolescent social networks. This study explores how different network intervention strategies could impact diffusion dynamics through network simulations based on observed social norms and e-cigarette use…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Smoking, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
#WeWill Fight COVID-19: A Campus Social Norms Campaign Case Study
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Holody, Kyle J.; Selby, Christina N.; Carter, Elizabeth L. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
This survey-based study examined a social norms campaign promoting mask-wearing among college students during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. More positive face mask perceptions, greater motivation to wear masks, and greater likelihood to wear masks in public were associated with respondents having seen the campaign messages and believing…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Behavior Standards, Health Behavior, Hygiene
What Does Having Your Pack in Your Pocket Say about You? Characteristics and Attitude Differences of Youth Carrying Tobacco at a Music Festival
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Ilakkuvan, Vinu; Reubenstein, Rebecca; Xiao, Haijun; Rath, Jessica – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
The purpose of this study is to understand differences in demographics, frequency of tobacco use, and tobacco-related attitudes between youth/young adults who carry tobacco products and those who do not. Carrying tobacco is hypothesized to affect individuals' smoker identity and thereby their tobacco-related attitudes. Carriers are an influential…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Adolescents, Smoking, Classification
Associations between Adolescents' Perceptions of Alcohol Norms and Alcohol Behaviors: Incorporating Within-School Variability
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François, Amir; Lindstrom Johnson, Sarah; Waasdorp, Tracy E.; Parker, Elizabeth M.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: Social norm interventions have been implemented in schools to address concerns of alcohol use among high school students; however, research in this area has not incorporated measures of variability that may better reflect the complexity of social influences. Purpose: To examine the association between perceived alcohol norms, the…
Descriptors: Drinking, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, High School Students
Adolescent Substance Use, Aggressive Behaviors, and Peer Context Behavioral Norms
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Gommans, Rob; Stevens, Gonneke W. J. M.; Bogt, Tom F. M. ter; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2016
The goal of this study was to examine behavioral norm effects in 2 peer contexts (classroom, school) on adolescent substance use (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis) and aggressive behaviors (bullying, physical fighting). Participants were 5,642 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14.29 years, SD = 1.26; 49% boys). There were 3 hypotheses. First, behavioral…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Aggression, Bullying, Classroom Environment
Social Influences, Social Norms, Social Support, and Smoking Behavior among Adolescent Workers.
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Fagan, Pebbles; Eisenberg, Marla; Stoddard, Anne M.; Frazier, Lindsay; Sorensen, Glorian – American Journal of Health Promotion, 2001
Examined relationships between worksite influences and smoking and quitting behavior among adolescent grocery employees. Surveys on interpersonal, intrapersonal, and organizational factors indicated that regular smokers were 30 percent more likely to receive co-worker encouragement to quit than occasional and experimental smokers. Compared to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Standards, Employees, Health Behavior