Using e-mail boosters to maintain change after brief alcohol interventions for mandated college students: A randomized controlled trial.

Carey, Kate B.; Walsh, Jennifer L.; Merrill, Jennifer E.; Lust, Sarah A.; Reid, Allecia E.; Scott-Sheldon, Lori A. J.; Kalichman, Seth C.; Carey, Michael P.

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“…Undergraduate students at a public, four-year, research university in the Northeast were recruited to participate in a larger research project (Carey et al, 2015). Students who violated campus alcohol policy and were mandated to participate in an alcohol education program by the Office of Community Standards between November 2011 and December 2013 were presented with the option of either participating in the research study (evaluating two brief interventions for alcohol use) or participating in the standard sanction.…”

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Adequate sleep moderates the prospective association between alcohol use and consequences

Miller

DiBello

Lust

et al. 2016

Addictive Behaviors

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Objective Inadequate sleep and heavy alcohol use have been associated with negative outcomes among college students; however, few studies have examined the interactive effects of sleep and drinking quantity in predicting alcohol-related consequences. This study aimed to determine if adequate sleep moderates the prospective association between weekly drinking quantity and consequences. Method College students (N = 568) who were mandated to an alcohol prevention intervention reported drinks consumed per week, typical sleep quantity (calculated from sleep/wake times), and perceptions of sleep adequacy as part of a larger research trial. Assessments were completed at baseline and one-, three-, and five-month follow-ups. Results Higher baseline quantities of weekly drinking and inadequate sleep predicted alcohol-related consequences at baseline and one-month follow-up. Significant interactions emerged between baseline weekly drinking quantity and adequate sleep in the prediction of alcohol-related consequences at baseline, one-, three-, and five-month assessments. Simple slopes analyses revealed that weekly drinking quantity was positively associated with alcohol-related consequences for those reporting both adequate and inadequate sleep, but this association was consistently stronger among those who reported inadequate sleep. Conclusion Subjective evaluation of sleep adequacy moderates both the concurrent and prospective associations between weekly drinking quantity and consequences, such that heavy-drinking college students reporting inadequate sleep experience more consequences as a result of drinking. Research needs to examine the mechanism(s) by which inadequate sleep affects alcohol risk among young adults.

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Adequate sleep moderates the prospective association between alcohol use and consequences

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“…Undergraduate students from a large public university were recruited on a rolling basis between 2011 and 2013 to participate in a larger research project evaluating the efficacy of an intervention for students mandated for campus alcohol violations (Carey et al, 2018). The final sample consisted of 568 students (71.65% male, 84% White) with a mean age of 19.18 years ( SD = 1.16).…”

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Opportunities for reducing college drinking: The roles of drinking attitudes and blackout experience

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Miller

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Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…The number estimated for each day is summed to produce an estimate of typical drinks per week. The DDQ is a reliable measure used frequently to assess college student drinking (Carey et al, 2018).…”

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Temporal precedence of self-regulation over depression and alcohol problems: Support for a model of self-regulatory failure.

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Dennhardt³

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Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Background: Alcohol-induced blackouts, a form of anterograde amnesia that restricts the encoding of short-term memories into long-term ones, are among the most severe alcohol-related consequences. College students are at high risk of experiencing alcohol-induced blackouts, and there is a need to determine whether alcohol interventions can effectively reduce blackouts in this population. The current study uses data from 3 randomized clinical trials to examine the effect of various intervention approaches on alcohol-induced blackouts.Methods: Four interventions were compared over 3 studies: (i) a computerized feedback intervention (electronic Check-Up To Go [e-Chug]; Study 1); (ii) a single-session brief motivational intervention (BMI; Study 1); (iii) a BMI plus behavioral economic session focused on increasing substance-free activities (BMI + Substance-Free Activity Session [SFAS]; Studies 2 and 3); and (iv) a BMI plus supplemental Relaxation Training session (BMI + Relaxation Training; Studies 2 and 3). Studies 1 and 3 also included an assessment-only control condition. For each study, participants reported whether they had experienced an alcohol-induced blackout at each time point; binary logistic regressions examined differential likelihood of experiencing an alcohol-induced blackout over time.Results: Neither the single-session BMI nor e-Chug reduced alcohol-induced blackouts over assessment only; however, participants in the BMI + SFAS or BMI + Relaxation Training condition were significantly less likely to experience an alcohol-induced blackout compared to assessment only at 1month (Wald = 4.77, odds ratio [OR] = 0.53, p = 0.03) and 6-month follow-ups (Wald = 5.72, OR = 0.52, p = 0.02). Study 2 also revealed a larger effect for the BMI + SFAS over the BMI + Relaxation Training condition at 6 months (Wald = 4.11 OR = 0.22, p = 0.043), although this was not replicated in Study 3. The effects for the 2-session BMIs lasted 6 months, at which point maturation effects diminished differences between assessment-only and intervention conditions.Conclusions: Two sessions of BMI are a substantial enough dose to result in reductions in alcoholinduced blackouts among college student heavy drinkers.

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Using e-mail boosters to maintain change after brief alcohol interventions for mandated college students: A randomized controlled trial.

Abstract: Contrary to predictions, e-mail boosters with corrective norms content did not improve outcomes after a BMI. (PsycINFO Database Record

Cited by 18 publications

References 57 publications

Adequate sleep moderates the prospective association between alcohol use and consequences

Adequate sleep moderates the prospective association between alcohol use and consequences

Opportunities for reducing college drinking: The roles of drinking attitudes and blackout experience

Temporal precedence of self-regulation over depression and alcohol problems: Support for a model of self-regulatory failure.

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