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Trial reportJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement2009

Assessing the effectiveness of peer-facilitated interventions addressing high-risk drinking among judicially mandated college students.

M Dolores Cimini, Matthew P Martens, Mary E Larimer, Jason R Kilmer, Clayton Neighbors, Joseph M Monserrat

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Trial report in Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Alcohol interventions for mandated college students: A meta-analytic review.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016
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  6. Project INTEGRATE: An integrative study of brief alcohol interventions for college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2015
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  10. The comparative effectiveness of individual and group brief motivational interventions for mandated college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2014
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  16. Thirty years of BASICS: Dissemination and implementation progress and challenges.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M Dolores CiminiUniversity at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12206, USA. dcimini@uamail.albany.edu
Matthew P Martens
Mary E Larimer
Jason R Kilmer
Clayton Neighbors
Joseph M Monserrat
Albany State University · USUniversity at Albany, State University of New York · US

Funding

Alcohol Research Collabortive: Peer ProgramsU01AA014742 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LARIMER, MARY E · 2003 to 2007
$1.8M
The Effects of Peer-Facilitated Alcohol InterventionsU18AA015039 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI CIMINI, MARIA DOLORES · 2004 to 2006
$888k
NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA014742NIAAA NIH HHS U01AA014742NIAAA NIH HHS U18 AA015039NIAAA NIH HHS U18AA01503902
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study examined the effectiveness of three peer-facilitated brief alcohol interventions-small group motivational interviewing, motivationally enhanced peer theater, and an interactive alcohol-education program-with students engaging in high-risk drinking who were referred for alcohol policy violations.

methodUndergraduate students referred for alcohol policy violations (N = 695) at a large northeastern public university were randomized to one of the three conditions. Six-month follow-up data were collected on drinking frequency and quantity, negative consequences, use of protective behaviors, and perceptions of peers' drinking norms.

resultsThere were no statistically significant overall pre-post effects or treatment effects. However, exploratory analyses indicated that decreases in perceived norms and increases in use of protective behavioral strategies were associated with reductions in alcohol use and alcohol-related problems at follow-up (p < .01).

conclusionsThe presence of nonsignificant pre-post or main effects is, in part, consistent with recent research indicating that sanctioned college students may immediately reduce drinking in response to citation and that brief interventions may not contribute to additional behavioral change. The presence of statistically significant correlations between alcohol use and related problems with corrections in norms misperceptions and increased use of protective behaviors at the individual level holds promise for both research and practice. The integration of elements addressing social norms and use of protective behaviors within brief cognitive-behavioral intervention protocols delivered by trained peer facilitators warrants further study using randomized clinical trials.

Indexed as

Organizational PolicyAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcohol-Related DisordersFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth EducationHumansMaleMandatory ProgramsMotivationPeer GroupProgram EvaluationRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID19538913
PMCPMC2701101
OpenAlexW2094117866

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