September, 2007—Social Norms: An Update

1. 2008 National Conference on the Social Norms Approach: Location and Dates

The location and dates for the 2008 National Conference on the Social Norms Approach have been selected. The next national conference is scheduled for July 20 - 22, 2008. The conference will take place at:

Hyatt Regency
San Francisco Airport
1333 Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 347-1234
Conference Hotel Rates
$149 per night for Single or Double Room
$159 per night for Triple or Quad Room

A Call for Programs is forthcoming.

2. A large number articles have been published this year concerning the role of social norms in a broad range of areas, including gambling, tax compliance, energy conservation, risky sexual behavior, and high-risk alcohol consumption. As always, complete abstracts for these articles are available in the section of our web site devoted to recent articles:
http://www.socialnorms.org/Research/RecentArticles.php

Among the 9 articles published most recently are:

Perkins, H.W. "Misperceptions of Peer Drinking Norms in Canada: Another Look at the 'Reign of Error' and Its Consequences among College Students." Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2645-2656, 2007.

Neighbors, C., Lee, C.M., Lewis, M., Fossos, N., "Are Social Norms the Best Predictors of Outcomes Among Heavy-Drinking College Students?" Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68:556-565, 2007.

Bobek, D.D., Roberts, R. W., Sweeney, J. T. "The Social Norms of Tax Compliance: Evidence from Australia, Singapore, and the United States." Journal of Business Ethics, 74:49-64, 2007.

Neighbors, C. Lostutter, T. W., Whiteside, U., Fossos, N., Walker, D.D., Larimer, M. E. "Injunctive Norms and Problem Gambling among College Students." Journal of Gambling Studies, 23:253-273, 2007.

Schultz, P.W., Nolan, J. M., Cialdini, R. B. , Goldstein, N. J. , Griskevicius, V. "The Constructive, Destructive, and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms." Psychological Science, Volume 18, No. 5, 429-434, 2007.

Cialdini, R. "Descriptive Social Norms as Underappreciated Sources of Social Control." Psychometrika, vol. 72, No. 2, 263-268, 2007.

Lewis, M. L., Lee, C. M., Patrick. M. E., Fossos, N. "Gender-specific Normative Misperceptions of Risky Sexual Behavior and Alcohol-related Risky Sexual Behavior." Sex Roles, 57:81-90, 2007.

Lewis, T. F., "Perceptions of Risk and Sex-Specific Social Norms in Explaining Alcohol Consumption among College Students: Implications for Campus Interventions." Journal of College Student Development, May/June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3., 297-310.

Dunnagan, T., Haynes, G., Linkenbach, J, Summers, H. "Support for Social Norms Programming to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Women." Addiction Research and Theory,August 2007; 15(4):383-396.

3. Social Norm-related Presentations at the U.S. Department of Education's 2007 National Meeting

Several sessions at the upcoming U.S. Department of Education's 2007 National Meeting (October 18-21, Omaha, Nebraska) will have social norm-related content and/or include speakers with acknowledged expertise in social norms theory and its application to ATOD issues among college students. These sessions are:

Thursday, October 18, 2007
5:00 p.m. - 7 p.m. (opening plenary session and dinner)

"Experiences in Effective Prevention: Listening to the Voices of Practitioners and Evaluators." Dolores Cimini, Kim Dude, Peggy Glider, John Miller, and Wesley Perkins

Friday, October 19th
(Poster Session)
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
"Reducing Substance Abuse on Campus With a Social Norms Campaign."
Keith Willis

Sunday, October 21st
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
"Freshman Alcohol Prevention Project: Correcting Misperceptions through Personalized Normative Feedback."
Laura Oster-Aaland

Complete information about the 2007 national meeting is available here:
http://www.higheredcenter.org/natl/2007/

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