About this resource:
Source: The Cochrane Collaborative
Last Reviewed: December 2015
Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup
In this Cochrane systematic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that social norms interventions to prevent alcohol misuse in college students have no substantial benefits. These interventions include giving students web-based, face‐to‐face, and mailed feedback, as well as implementing general social norms marketing campaigns on college campuses. Though researchers found that the interventions have a small effect on how much students drink, they concluded that the effect sizes are too small to be relevant.
Objectives related to this resource (2)
Little or no detectable change
Little or no detectable change
Suggested Citation
Foxcroft, D.R., Moreira, M.T., Almeida Santimano, N.M.L. & Smith, L.A. (2015). Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 (12). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006748.pub4.
