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SUBMITTER: Probst C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069782 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Probst Charlotte C Vu Tuong Manh TM Epstein Joshua M JM Nielsen Alexandra E AE Buckley Charlotte C Brennan Alan A Rehm Jürgen J Purshouse Robin C RC
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 20200224 2
<i>Background</i>. By defining what is "normal," appropriate, expected, and unacceptable, social norms shape human behavior. However, the individual-level mechanisms through which social norms impact population-level trends in health-relevant behaviors are not well understood. <i>Aims</i>. To test the ability of social norms mechanisms to predict changes in population-level drinking patterns. <i>Method</i>. An individual-level model was developed to simulate dynamic normative mechanisms and beha ...[more]