Word: dejong
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...There’s no effort made to look at the quality of the [social norms] campaign, and how extensive it was,” said William DeJong, a Boston University professor and director of the Higher Education for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, which endorses social norms program as part of a comprehensive approach. “One issue is—did they even understand what the term meant...
...DeJong said Wechsler’s study failed to account for a more complicated network of influence in college environments...
...William DeJong, director of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention in Newton, Mass., is leading the charge for social norms research. Initial results from his study, funded with a $4 million grant from the Department of Education, showed that students do misperceive drinking among their peers. The study has found that students consume an average of 3.35 drinks when they party, but believe that their peers have 6.54 drinks...