@article{ref1,
title="Weekend text messages increase protective behavioral strategies and reduce harm among college drinkers",
journal="Journal of technology in behavioral science",
year="2020",
author="Edwards, Steven M. and Tuliao, Antover P. and Kennedy, Joseph L. D. and McChargue, Dennis E.",
volume="5",
number="4",
pages="395-401",
abstract="The current study examined whether a brief text messaging intervention compared to an assessment only/no treatment control would differentially increase protective behavioral strategies (PBS) that were associated with reducing negative alcohol-related negative consequences during football game weekends. Eligible participants (n = 161) were college students who had at least one drinking occasion in the past 30 days. Participants completed a baseline assessment prior to the experimental weekend before being randomly assigned to receive either a text-message condition that instructed students to use PBS or an assessment only/no treatment condition. Participants in the text messaging condition received a message on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of a game weekend. Follow-up assessments were completed within 3 days following the experimental weekend. After controlling for amount of use, results suggest that for game day, those in the text-messaging condition reported significantly higher utilization of PBS and significantly lower negative alcohol-related consequences as compared with the assessment only/no treatment condition. Overall, the results highlight the importance of text messaging as an alternative intervention method that minimizes harm associated with drinking during football game weekends.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2366-5963",
doi="10.1007/s41347-020-00149-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41347-020-00149-4"
}