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Normative misperceptions about alcohol use in the general population of drinkers: a cross-sectional survey.

Garnett, C; Crane, D; West, R; Michie, S; Brown, J; Winstock, A; (2015) Normative misperceptions about alcohol use in the general population of drinkers: a cross-sectional survey. Addict Behav , 42 203 - 206. 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.11.010. Green open access

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Abstract

Underestimating one's own alcohol consumption relative to others ('normative misperception') has been documented in some college student and heavy-alcohol using samples, and may contribute to excessive drinking. This study aimed to assess how far this phenomenon extends to alcohol users more generally in four English-speaking countries and if associations with socio-demographic and drinking variables exist.

Type: Article
Title: Normative misperceptions about alcohol use in the general population of drinkers: a cross-sectional survey.
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.11.010
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.11.010
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Keywords: AUDIT, Alcohol, Normative misperception
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1457911
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