TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Developing text messages to reduce community college student alcohol use JO - American journal of health behavior A1 - Lewis, Melissa A. A1 - Cadigan, Jennifer M. A1 - Cronce, Jessica M. A1 - Kilmer, Jason R. A1 - Suffoletto, Brian A1 - Walter, Theresa A1 - Lee, Christine M. SP - 70 EP - 79 VL - 42 IS - 4 N2 - OBJECTIVEs The aim of this study is to evaluate how community college students with hazardous drinking perceived the usefulness of alcohol protective behavioral strategy text messages (TM-PBS).

METHODS Community college students with past hazardous single occasion or weekly drinking (N = 48; 60% female) were randomized to receive 2 TM-PBS on 3 typical drinking days per week for 2 weeks selected by: (1) research investigators (ie, based on clinical and theoretical application); (2) participants (ie, messages highly rated at baseline by the participants); or (3) a random process. Prior to 2 typical drinking days per week, immediately after receiving TMs, we asked: "How useful do you think this strategy will be for you when you drink? Text a number from 1 (not useful) to 5 (very useful)." Results Response rates for the 12 messages ranged from 72.9% to 87.5%, with no differences in response rates across selection categories (ie, investigator, participant, random). Investigator-selected messages were rated as less useful than messages that were self-selected by participants or messages that were selected at random.

CONCLUSIONS TM-PBS chosen a priori by students were perceived as more useful than TM-PBS chosen by investigators, supporting this form of tailoring in alcohol interventions to optimize usefulness.

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LA - en SN - 1087-3244 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.42.4.7 ID - ref1 ER -