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Bibliography of Faculty Publications


Turner, James, H. Wesley Perkins, Jennifer Bauerle. forthcoming. "Declining Negative Consequences Related to Alcohol Misuse Among Students Exposed to a Social Norms Marketing Intervention on a College Campus." Journal of American College Health.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2007. "Misperceptions of Peer Drinking Norms in Canada: Another Look at the 'Reign of Error' and Its Consequences among College Students." Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 2645-2656. (Download entire article in PDF format)

Perkins, H. Wesley, and David Craig. 2006. "A Successful Social Norms Campaign to Reduce Alcohol Misuse among College Student-Athletes." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 67, pp. 880-888. (Download entire article in PDF format)

Perkins, H. Wesley, Michael Haines and Richard Rice. 2005. "Misperceiving the College Drinking Norm and Related Problems: A Nationwide Study of Exposure to Prevention Information, Perceived Norms and Student Alcohol Misuse." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 66, pp.470-478. (Download entire article in PDF format)

Haines, Michael P., H. Wesley Perkins, Richard M. Rice and Gregory Barker. 2005. A Guide to Marketing Social Norms for Health Promotion in Schools and Communities. National Social Norms Resource Center. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL.

Linkenbach, Jeff, and H. Wesley Perkins. 2005. Montana’s MOST of Us® Don’t Drink and Drive Campaign: A Social Norms Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving Among 21-to-34Year-Olds. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Report No. DOT HS 809 869), Washington, DC. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/SocialNorms_Strategy/index.htm (for downloading entire mongraph)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2005. "Critical Concerns for Evaluating Social Norms Interventions with Survey Data." The Social Norms Review, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 1-6. National Social Norms Resource Center.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2004. "Getting Social Norms Results by Improving Implementation and Assessment." The Report 0n Social Norms, Vol. 3, No. 9, pp. 5, 8.

Perkins, H. Wesley (Editor). 2003. The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2003. "The Emergence and Evolution of the Social Norms Approach to Substance Abuse." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 3-17.

Perkins, H. Wesley, and David W. Craig. 2003. "The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Experiment: A Synergistic Social Norms Approach Using Print, Electronic Media and Curriculum Infusion to Reduce Collegiate Problem Drinking." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 35-64.

Linkenbach, Jeff, and H. Wesley Perkins. 2003. "Misperceptions of Peer Alcohol Norms in a Statewide Survey of Young Adults." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 173-181.

Perkins, H. Wesley, and David W. Craig. 2003. "The Imaginary Lives of Peers: Patterns of Substance Use and Misperceptions of Norms among Secondary School Students." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 209-223.

Linkenbach, Jeff, and H. Wesley Perkins. 2003. "Most of Us Are Tobacco Free: An Eight-Month Social Norms Campaign Reducing Youth Initiation of Smoking in Montana." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 224-234.

Linkenbach, Jeff, H. Wesley Perkins, and William DeJong. 2003. "Parents' Perceptions of Parenting Norms: Using the Social Norms Approach to Reinforce Effective Parenting." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 247-258.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2003. "The Promise and Challenge of Future Work on the Social Norms Model." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 280-296.

Perkins, H. Wesley, and David W. Craig. 2002. A Multifaceted Social Norms Approach to Reduce High-Risk Drinking: Lessons from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Newton, MA: The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and the U.S. Department of Education. (Download entire monograph from HEC in PDF format)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2002. “Social Norms and the Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Collegiate Contexts.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement No. 14, pp. 164-172. (Download entire article in PDF format)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2002. “Surveying the Damage: A Review of Research on Consequences of Alcohol Misuse in College Populations.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement No. 14, pp. 91-100. (Download entire article in PDF format)

Perkins, H. Wesley, William DeJong, and Jeff Linkenbach. 2001. "Estimated Blood Alcohol Levels Reached by ‘Binge' and ‘Non-Binge' Drinkers: A Survey of Young Adults in Montana." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 317-320. (see abstract)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2000. "Drinking Motivated by the Desire to Reduce Stress: Life Course and Gender Patterns among College-Educated Young Adults.” Alcoscope: International Review of Alcoholism Management, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 10-14.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2000. "Alcohol Use, Collegiate Patterns and Problem Of." Pp. 143-145 in Clifton Bryant (ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Vol. IV. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2000. "Research on Women's Drinking Patterns." Catalyst, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 6-7.

Perkins, H. Wesley, Philip Meilman, Jami Leichtliter, Jeffrey Cashin and Cheryl Presley. 1999. "Misperceptions of the Norms for the Frequency of Alcohol and Other Drug Use on College Campuses." Journal of American College Health, Vol. 47, No. 6, 253-258. (see abstract)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1999. "Stress-Motivated Drinking in Collegiate and Post-Collegiate Young Adulthood: Life Course and Gender Patterns." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp 219-227. (see abstract)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1997. "College Student Misperceptions of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms among Peers: Exploring Causes, Consequences, and Implications for Prevention Programs." Pp. 177-206 in Designing Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Programs in Higher Education. Newton, MA: The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, U.S. Department of Education. (download entire article from HEC)

Perkins, H. Wesley, and Henry Wechsler. 1996. "Variation in Perceived College Drinking Norms and Its Impact on Alcohol Abuse: A Nationwide Study." Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 961-974. (see abstract)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1995. "Prevention through Correcting Misperceptions of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms: Notes on the State of the Field." Catalyst (A Publication of The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and the U.S. Department of Education). Vol. 1, No.3, pp. 1-2. (download entire article from HEC)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1994. "The Contextual Effect of Secular Norms on Religiosity as Moderator of Student Alcohol and Other Drug Use."In M. Lynn and D. Moberg (eds.), Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 6, pp. 187-208. (see abstract)

Berkowitz, Alan D. 1994. "Assessing Collegiate Substance Abuse: Current Trends, Research Needs and Program Applications." Pp. 73-100 in G. Gonzalez and V. Veltri (eds.), Research and Intervention: Preventing Substance Abuse in Higher Education. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. "Gender Patterns in Consequences of Collegiate Alcohol Abuse: A Ten Year Study of Trends in an Undergraduate Population." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 53, No. 5 (September), pp. 458-462. (see abstract)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. "Misperceptions of Peer Drug Use Norms: An Alternative Campus Intervention Strategy." In-Service Bulletin, National Organization of Student Assistance Programs and Partners, No.8.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. "Gender Differences in Campus Drug Use Patterns and Problems." Insights, National Organization of Student Assistance Programs and Partners, Vol. V, Issue 1 (Spring), pp. 5-8.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1991. "Confronting Misperceptions of Peer Drug Use Norms Among College Students: An Alternative Approach for Alcohol and Other Drug Education Programs." The Higher Education Leaders/Peers Network Peer Prevention Program Resource Manual. Texas Christian University: U.S. Dept. of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE).

Berkowitz, Alan D. 1991. "Following Imaginary Peers: How Norm Misperceptions Influence Student Substance Abuse." Module No. 2 in G. Lindsay and G. Rulf (eds.), Project Direction, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1991. "Collegiate COAs and Alcohol Abuse: Problem Drinking in Relation to Assessments of Parent and Grandparent Alcoholism." Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 237-240. (see abstract)

Berkowitz, Alan D. 1990. "Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Use on Campus: Effective Strategies for Prevention Programs." The Eta Sigma Gamman, Vol.22, No.1, pp.12-14.

Berkowitz, Alan D. 1990. "Gender Issues in Drug Prevention Treatment and Programming," ACPA Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1.

Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1989. "Stability and Contradiction in College Students' Drinking Following a Drinking-Age Law Change." Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp.60-77. (see abstract)

Berkowitz, Alan D. 1989. "Thinking about Alcohol and Other Drugs: Implications of Recent Research." ACPA Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1988. "Personality Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 206-209. (see abstract)

Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1987. "Recent Research on Gender Differences in Collegiate Alcohol Use." Journal of American College Health, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 123-129. (see abstract)

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1987. "Parental Religion and Alcohol Use Problems as Intergenerational Predictors of Problem Drinking Among College Students." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 340-357. (see abstract)

Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1987. "Current Issues in Effective Alcohol Education Programming." pp. 69-85 in Joan Sherwood(ed.), Alcohol Policies and Practices on College and University Campuses. Columbus: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Monograph Series.

Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1986. "Problem Drinking Among College Students: A Review of Recent Research." Journal of American College Health, Vol. 35, pp. 21-28 (see abstract).

Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1986. "Using Student Alcohol Surveys: Notes on Clinical and Educational Program Applications." Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 44-51 (see abstract).

Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1986. "Perceiving the Community Norms of Alcohol Use among Students: Some Research Implications for Campus Alcohol Education Programming." International Journal of the Addictions, Vol. 21, Nos. 9 & 10, pp. 961-976
(see abstract).

Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1986. "Resident Advisers as Role Models: A Comparison of Drinking Patterns of Resident Advisers and Their Peers." Journal of College Student Personnel, Vol. 27, pp.146-53 (see abstract).

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1985. "Religious Traditions, Parents, and Peers as Determinants of Alcohol and Drug Use among College Students." Review of Religious Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 15-31 (see abstract).

*For reprints please contact H. Wesley Perkins (perkins@hws.edu, Professor of Sociology, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology) at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456.


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