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Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2011

Randomized controlled trial of brief interventions to reduce college students' drinking and risky sex.

Kurt H Dermen, Sherilyn N Thomas

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  5. Mechanisms of behavior change in a brief dual-target motivational intervention: Reduction in alcohol use mediates intervention effects on risky sex.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019
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  8. Development and evaluation of a mobile intervention for heavy drinking and smoking among college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2014
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  19. Sexual Behavior and Heavy Episodic Drinking Across the Transition to Adulthood: Differences by College Attendance.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kurt H DermenResearch Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. dermen@ria.buffalo.edu
Sherilyn N Thomas
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

ENHANCING HIV PREVENTION THROUGH DRINKING REDUCTIONR01AA011714 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI DERMEN, KURT H · 1998 to 2001
$648k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA011714
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study tested the proposition that an intervention to reduce alcohol use among college students will also reduce their risky sexual behavior. In a randomized controlled trial, 154 heavy-drinking, predominantly White, heterosexual college students at behavioral risk for infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases were assigned to receive no intervention or a two-session, in-person, motivational interviewing-based intervention focused on (a) reducing alcohol risk behavior, (b) reducing HIV risk behavior, or (c) reducing both alcohol and HIV risk behavior. Three-month retrospective assessments of alcohol use and sexual behavior were conducted at intake and at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, and 15-month follow-up appointments. During follow-up, participants who received the single-focus alcohol risk-reduction intervention drank less frequently and consumed fewer drinks per drinking day as compared with no-intervention control participants, but did not differ from control participants in their frequency of intercourse without a condom or number of sexual partners. Participants who received the single-focus HIV risk-reduction intervention evidenced fewer unprotected sex events during follow-up, as compared with control participants. The number of sexual partners reported during follow-up did not differ by condition. Effects of the interventions did not vary significantly over time and were not moderated by participant gender. Results suggest that intervening to reduce alcohol use may not reduce risky sexual behavior among nonminority college students, but that a brief motivational intervention targeting HIV risk behavior may have utility for reducing the frequency of unprotected sex in this population.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholic IntoxicationCondomsCounselingFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMotivationOutcome Assessment, Health CarePregnancyPsychotherapy, BriefRisk Reduction Behavior

Identifiers

PMID21928866
PMCPMC3232340
OpenAlexW1979509534

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Registered trials

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