@article{ref1,
title="Desire to get drunk partially mediates effects of a combined text message-based alcohol intervention for young adults",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="2023",
author="Suffoletto, Brian and Chung, Tammy",
volume="246",
number="",
pages="e109848-e109848",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This study aimed to test the causal effect of different text message interventions on reducing alcohol consumption indirectly by altering desire to get drunk. <br><br>METHODS: Participants were young adults randomized to interventions with different behavior change techniques: self-monitoring alone (TRACK); pre-drinking plan feedback (PLAN); post-drinking alcohol consumption feedback (USE); pre- and post-drinking goal feedback (GOAL); and a combination of techniques (COMBO) who completed at least 2 days of both pre- and post-drinking assessments over 12 weeks of intervention exposure. On the two days per week they planned to drank alcohol, participants were asked to report desire to get drunk (0 &quot;none&quot; to 8 &quot;completely&quot;). The next day, participants reported drinking quantity. Outcomes included binge drinking (defined as 4+ drinks for a woman and 5+ drinks for a man) and drinks per drinking day. Mediation was tested using path models of simultaneous between-person and within-person effects using maximum likelihood estimation. <br><br>RESULTS: At the between-person level, controlling for race and baseline AUDIT-C and within-person associations, 35.9 % of the effects of USE and 34.4 % of the effects of COMBO on reducing binge drinking were mediated through desire to get drunk. 60.8 % of the effects of COMBO on reducing drinks per drinking day were mediated through desire to get drunk. We did not find significant indirect effects for any other text-message intervention. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Findings support the hypothesized mediation model where desire to get drunk partially mediates the effects of a text message intervention using a combination of behavior change techniques on reducing alcohol consumption.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109848",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109848"
}