Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2008
Efficacy of a brief image-based multiple-behavior intervention for college students.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effectiveness of Nutritional Education Interventions on Dietary Intake in Young Black Males: A Near-Empty Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
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- Tobacco cessation interventions for young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Do brief alcohol interventions reduce tobacco use among adolescents and young adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions targeting physical activity, nutrition and healthy weight for university and college students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Pooled it
- Brief integrative multiple behavior intervention effects and mediators for adolescents.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2011Trial
- Are effects from a brief multiple behavior intervention for college students sustained over time?Preventive medicineTrial
- Impact of Nutrition Education on Dietary Intake and Body Composition Among Czech University Students Studying Nutrition and Food.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The relationship of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, parental education, financial hardship and comorbid mental disorders with quality of life in college students with anxiety, depression or eating disorders.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Interventions for U.S. College Students' Harmful Cannabis Use and a Call for a College Cannabis Intervention Matrix.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2024Article
- The relationship between health-related knowledge and attitudes and health risk behaviours among Portuguese university students.Global health promotion · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Universal Educational Interventions for Prevention of Illicit Drug Use among University Students: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Review
- Bidirectional associations of physical activity, sleep, and self-reported mental health in young adults participating in an online wellness intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Changes in college students' health behaviors and substance use after a brief wellness intervention during COVID-19.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Health behavior interventions for university students measuring mental health outcomes: A scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Influence of cooking skills and nutritional training on dietary choices of incoming chiropractic students.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2020Article
- An App to Improve Eating Habits of Adolescents and Young Adults (Challenge to Go): Systematic Development of a Theory-Based and Target Group-Adapted Mobile App Intervention.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Substance Use Among College Students.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2019Article
- Prototype Willingness Model Drinking Cognitions Mediate Personalized Normative Feedback Efficacy.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundEpidemiologic data indicate most adolescents and adults experience multiple, simultaneous risk behaviors. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a brief image-based multiple-behavior intervention (MBI) for college students.
methodsA total of 303 college students were randomly assigned to: (1) a brief MBI or (2) a standard care control, with a 3-month postintervention follow-up.
resultsOmnibus treatment by time multivariate analysis of variance interactions were significant for three of six behavior groupings, with improvements for college students receiving the brief MBI on alcohol consumption behaviors, F(6, 261) = 2.73, p = 0.01, marijuana-use behaviors, F(4, 278) = 3.18, p = 0.01, and health-related quality of life, F(5, 277) = 2.80, p = 0.02, but not cigarette use, exercise, and nutrition behaviors. Participants receiving the brief MBI also got more sleep, F(1, 281) = 9.49, p = 0.00, than those in the standard care control.
conclusionsA brief image-based multiple-behavior intervention may be useful in influencing a number of critical health habits and health-related quality-of-life indicators of college students.
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