Gold Gregg J, Nguyen Alyssa T
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California 95521, USA.
J Drug Educ. 2009;39(2):133-48. doi: 10.2190/DE.39.2.b.
Use of marijuana and alcohol among current college students (N = 1101) was compared to the perceptions and use of entering freshmen (N = 481) surveyed before the start of classes. Entering freshmen significantly misperceived campus norms for marijuana use, over-estimating that almost every student used in the last 30 days, p <.001. Perceptions of alcohol use were relatively accurate. These discrepancies in perception could account for why 40.5% of entering students perceived the campus atmosphere to be promoting marijuana use, whereas only 16.2% perceived the campus atmosphere to be promoting alcohol use. How these misperceptions of social norms might be influenced by the reputation of the campus-and how this might affect potential applicants and enrolled students' behaviors are discussed.
将当前大学生（N = 1101）中大麻和酒精的使用情况与开学前接受调查的入学新生（N = 481）的认知及使用情况进行了比较。入学新生严重误判了校园内大麻使用的规范，高估了几乎每个学生在过去30天内都使用过大麻的情况，p <.001。对酒精使用的认知相对准确。这些认知差异可以解释为什么40.5%的入学学生认为校园氛围在促进大麻使用，而只有16.2%的学生认为校园氛围在促进酒精使用。本文讨论了这些对社会规范的误解可能如何受到校园声誉的影响，以及这可能如何影响潜在申请者和在校学生的行为。
