A mobile phone intervention to reduce heavy drinking: a preliminary analysis of anchoring heuristics
Jorge Palacios-Delgado,
Fabiola Aimeé Guerrero Garduño
Abstract:Background
Preliminary evidence has been presented for interventions focused on preventing alcohol consumption or reducing the occurrence of episodes of excessive drinking. The anchoring text message intervention is a newly proposed theory-based approach to reducing heavy drinking among youth. The current study tests the preliminary efficacy of this intervention for reducing heavy drinking among Mexican youth.
Methods
Focusing on a sample of sixtee… Show more
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