@article{ref1,
title="Preliminary effects of a guided self-change intervention on perceived risk and self-efficacy in university students engaging in cannabis or alcohol misuse",
journal="Cannabis (Research Society on Marijuana)",
year="2023",
author="Langwerden, Robbert J. and Morris, Staci L. and Fernandez, Sofia B. and Contreras-Peréz, María Eugenia and Hospital, Michelle M. and Wagner, Eric F.",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="127-138",
abstract="Guided Self-Change (GSC) is a Motivational Interviewing (MI)-based early intervention program, infused with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), for individuals with substance use problems. In this study, we implemented a 4-session GSC program with the innovative addition of mindfulness-based techniques at a minority-serving institution to reduce substance use and negative consequences among self-referred university students. We investigated processes that may be associated with behavior change, including perceived risk of use and self-efficacy ratings among university students who reported their primary substance of choice was cannabis (n = 18) or alcohol (n = 18). The sample of 36 participants (M(age) = 24.4, SD(age) = 5, range 18-37) mostly identified as female (58.3%), then male (41.7%); 52.8% identified as Hispanic/Latine, 22.2% as Black or African American, and 19.5% as a sexual minority. Among cannabis primary using students, results indicated that the perceived risk of weekly cannabis use, confidence to change, and readiness to change showed statistically significant increases from pre- to post-assessment. Among alcohol primary using students, confidence to change and readiness to change showed statistically significant increases from pre- to post-assessments. All results yielded large effect sizes, which may be inflated due to the small sample size. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that over the course of participation in a brief, 4-session targeted GSC program, there were significant increases in perceived risk and self-efficacy among minority university students who engage in primary cannabis or primary alcohol use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2578-0026",
doi="10.26828/cannabis/2023/000173",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.26828/cannabis/2023/000173"
}