The Impact of Peer Pressure on the Verbally Expressed Drug Attitudes off Male College Students
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Vol. 2 (2) , 231-243
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00952997509002736
Abstract
Peer pressure was shown to have a powerful influence on the verbally expressed drug attitudes of the undergraduate male sample. Subjects exposed to a group which consistently espoused either conservative (anti-drug) or liberal (pro-drug) attitudes toward the personal use of drug were highly likely to conform to the groups' attitudinal norms (p less than 0.001). Effects of natural peer groups are discussed along with recommendations for primary prevention programming and further research.Keywords
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