TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Individual drinking changes following a brief intervention among college students: clinical significance in an indicated preventive context
JO  - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
A1  - Roberts, L. J.
A1  - Neal, D. J.
A1  - Kivlahan, D. R.
A1  - Baer, J. S.
A1  - Marlatt, G. A.
SP  - 500
EP  - 505
VL  - 68
IS  - 3
N2  - This study investigated the clinical significance of previously reported statistically significant mean reductions in drinking and related problems among college students in a randomized trial of a brief indicated preventive intervention (G. A. Marlatt et al., 1998). Data were analyzed over a 2-year follow-up for participants from a high-risk intervention group (n = 153), a high-risk control group (n = 160), and a functional comparison group (n = 77). A risk cutpoint for each dependent measure was based on the functional comparison group distribution. Compared with the high-risk controls, more individuals in the high-risk intervention group improved and fewer worsened, especially on alcohol-related problems and, to a lesser extent, on drinking pattern variables. These data from a prevention context clarify the magnitude and direction of individual change obscured by group means.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-006X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -