Personalized mailed feedback for college drinking prevention: A randomized clinical trial.

Abstract

The current study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a mailed feedback and tips intervention as a universal prevention strategy for college drinking. Participants (N = 1,488) were randomly assigned to feedback or assessment-only control conditions. Results indicated that the mailed feedback intervention had a preventive effect on drinking rates overall, with participants in the feedback condition consuming less alcohol at follow-up in comparison with controls. In addition, abstainers in the feedback condition were twice as likely to remain abstinent from alcohol at follow-up in comparison with control participants (odds ratio = 2.02), and feedback participants were significantly more likely to refrain from heavy episodic drinking (odds ratio = 1.43). Neither

Coping Motives Moderate Efficacy of Personalized Normative Feedback Among Heavy Drinking U.S. College Students

“…It is worth noting that the intervention did not significantly reduce alcohol-related problems overall (Neighbors et al, 2004), which is not atypical for brief interventions (e.g., Collins et al, 2002;Larimer et al, 2007;Walters et al, 2007). Individuals who drink to cope may require a more intensive intervention tactic (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy) that focuses on their motivations for drinking.…”

Daily Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Dating Violence Perpetration Among Men and Women: Effects of Self-Regulation

“…Given that a .01 increase in daily eBAC was associated with a 7% increase in odds of perpetrating dating violence, reducing the number of drinks consumed during heavy drinking episodes will significantly reduce the likelihood of perpetrating dating violence. To do this, individuals could be taught protective behavioral strategies, such as alternating alcoholic beverages with nonalcoholic beverages, slowing the pace of drinking, or setting a drinking limit that they agree not to exceed (Larimer et al, 2007;Martens et al, 2004).…”

Rumination, worry, and drinking behaviors in college students : a mediation analysis.

“…Moreover, despite the availability of PBS to mitigate the negative effects of drinking alcohol, alcohol consequences are still prevalent on college campuses. Some have identified college students experiencing depression as an at-risk group for alcohol problems (e.g., Geisner et al, 2007). However, although researchers have considered the relationship between depression, anxiety, and alcohol behaviors (e.g., Martens et al, 2008;Shoal et al, 2005), there has been a lack of research on the specific cognitions associated with depression (i.e., rumination) and anxiety (i.e., worry).…”

“…Gollust, Golberstein, and Hefner (2007) found that 15.6% of college students had either an anxiety or depressive disorder, based on DSM-IV-TR criteria. Although the findings are mixed as to whether there is a difference in alcohol consumption between depressed and nondepressed students (Fabiano et al, 2009;Pedrelli et al, 2010), depressed students are considered an at-risk group for problem drinking (Geisner, Neighbors, Lee, & Larimer, 2007). For example, depressed students who drink are more likely to experience negative alcohol consequences compared to non-depressed students who drink (Camatta & Nagoshi, 1995;Gonzalez, Reynolds, & Skewes, 2011).…”

“…There is an inverse relationship between the use of PBS and alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems among college students (e.g., Araas & Adams, 2008;Benton et al, 2004;Delva et al, 2004;Haines, Barker, & Rice, 2006;Martens et al, 2004, Martens, Ferrier, & Cimini, 2007. Moreover, PBS mediated the relationship between the implementation of an alcohol intervention and the amount of alcohol consumed two weeks later among college students (Larimer et al, 2007).…”