Randomised trial seeking to induce the Hawthorne effect found no evidence for any effect on self-reported alcohol consumption online - McCambridge J, Wilson A, Attia J, Weaver N, Kypri K.

OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that participants who know the behavioural focus of a study and are thus aware that a particular behaviour is being studied, will modify that behaviour, independently of any possible effect of assessment, thereby dismant...

Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news