Reporting outside the lines: Examining the effects of feedback on self-reported drinking

<p>The purpose of the current study was to systematically evaluate the effect of individualized, normative feedback on college students' self-reported alcohol consumption and estimated peers' consumption using an ABC multiple baseline across participants design. Due to significant attrition, only four college students completed the study. These students self-reported their alcohol consumption and their peers' estimated alcohol consumption twice per week for an average of 14 weeks using Google Form ® . Participants were sent two feedback emails throughout the study: a control statement praising them for their efforts in the study, and an intervention statement containing normative, albeit arbitrary, feedback. Two participants lowered their estimates of peers' consumption, and to a lesser extent their own consumption, after receiving the control statement, suggesting that any type of feedback, regardless of content, has the potential to influence self-report. However, these conclusions are limited by a small sample size and the lack of control participants.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Schultz, Nicole R.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Carolynn Kohn

• Behavioral psychology
• Experimental psychology
• Psychology
• Alcohol
• College student drinking
• Social norms
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Psychiatry and Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Identifier

9781321285093

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1294