@article{ref1,
title="An intervention to decrease heavy episodic drinking in college students: the effect of executive function training",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2015",
author="Black, Nicola and Mullan, Barbara",
volume="63",
number="4",
pages="280-284",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To develop and test a planning-ability, executive function (EF) intervention to reduce heavy episodic drinking (HED). Participants: Fifty-five heavy-drinking, first-year college students, recruited from May to October 2012. <br><br>METHODS: Participants were randomly allocated to an experimental or active control group and then completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption and demographic questions. Over 1 week, the experimental group completed 4 progressively harder planning tasks, whereas the control group completed 4 easier, consistent-difficulty planning tasks. Participants then recorded their daily alcohol consumption for 2 weeks. <br><br>RESULTS: As hypothesized, both mean and maximum per-occasion alcohol consumption was significantly reduced in the experimental group compared with the control group. There were no significant differences in frequency of HED. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results provide initial support for the use of a planning-ability intervention in decreasing per-occasion alcohol consumption. Future researchers can examine the mechanism of effect, the long-term efficacy, and the specific EFs involved in other aspects of alcohol consumption.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2014.990969",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2014.990969"
}