Tag: alcohol
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Spreading Like a Virus? Alcohol Use Contagion Effects
Social contagions spread from person to person, much like viruses. Unlike viruses, social contagions involve the interpersonal spread of attitudes, emotions, and behavior within a specific social network. An important distinction between social contagion and conformity is that social contagion is spread without intent. To date social contagion has been observed in such disparate phenomenon…
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Protecting College Students from Sexual Assault
Many freshman college students consider experimenting with alcohol as a rite of passage. Campus drinking culture, especially in the United States, is a known problem. One survey revealed that almost half of all college students aged 18-22 drank alcohol, and almost 30% had engaged in binge drinking over the previous month.[i] This campus culture of…