Injunctive Social Norms

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In this study chosen, “Perceived marijuana norms and social expectancies among entering college student marijuana users,” the research and experiment correlated the perceived social norms and compared them to the out come expectancies of marijuana use, as well as, the related consequences. The results of the study showed that the descriptive norms and expectancies are positively associated to the consequences of marijuana use. However, the injunctive norms are negatively associated with consequences when the levels of both descriptive norms and expectations are elevated during a situation. Subjects were assessed for, “their marijuana use, related consequences, perceived norms, and social expectancies related to marijuana use.” The results