TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Randomized controlled trial of web-based decisional balance feedback and personalized normative feedback for college drinkers
JO  - Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
A1  - Collins, Susan E.
A1  - Kirouac, Megan
A1  - Lewis, Melissa A.
A1  - Witkiewitz, Katie
A1  - Carey, Kate B.
SP  - 982
EP  - 992
VL  - 75
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Web-based personalized feedback interventions, particularly personalized normative feedback (PNF), are efficacious in improving college drinking outcomes; however, no personalized feedback interventions to date have provided college drinkers with feedback about their own decisional balance. This study tested the relative efficacy of a novel decisional balance feedback (DBF) intervention, PNF, and an assessment-only control condition. <br><br>METHOD: Participants (N = 724; 56% female) were undergraduate students at a 4-year university in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and were randomized to receive one-time exposure to web-based DBF, PNF, or assessment only. Web-based assessment occurred at baseline and at 1-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups and included measures of motivation to change, drinking quantity norms, drinking frequency/quantity, and alcohol-related problems. <br><br>RESULTS: At the 1-month follow-up, DBF and PNF participants reported reductions in alcohol-related problems; however, only PNF participants reduced their drinking frequency and quantity. At the 6-month follow-up, only DBF participants showed significant reductions in drinking quantity and alcohol-related problems. Neither group maintained reductions in alcohol use or alcohol-related problems at the 12-month follow-up. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study provided preliminary evidence that web-based DBF and PNF are efficacious interventions for college drinkers, with DBF having somewhat longer lasting effects. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 75, 982-992, 2014).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1937-1888
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -