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Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2014

Randomized controlled trial of a web-delivered personalized normative feedback intervention to reduce alcohol-related risky sexual behavior among college students.

Melissa A Lewis, Megan E Patrick, Dana M Litt, David C Atkins, Theresa Kim, Jessica A Blayney, Jeanette Norris, William H George, Mary E Larimer

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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75citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Incentives and delivery modality as moderators of a web-based personalized normative feedback intervention for heavy-drinking college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025
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  18. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa A LewisDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
Megan E PatrickInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Dana M LittDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
David C AtkinsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
Theresa KimDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
Jessica A BlayneyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
Jeanette NorrisAlcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington.
William H GeorgeDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington.
Mary E LarimerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
University of Washington · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Developing a Dual-Process Intervention for Alcohol Use among Young AdultsR00AA020869 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LITT, DANA M · 2014 to 2016
$729k
Alcohol-Related Risky Sex PreventionK01AA016966 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LEWIS, MELISSA A · 2007 to 2011
$669k
Developing a Dual-Process Intervention for Alcohol Use among Young AdultsK99AA020869 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LITT, DANA M · 2012 to 2013
$258k
Situational High-Risk Behavior and Health: A Brief Motivational InterventionR03AA018735 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI PATRICK, MEGAN E. · 2010 to 2011
$157k
NIAAA NIH HHS K01 AA016966NIAAA NIH HHS K01AA016966NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA020869NIAAA NIH HHS K99AA020869NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA020869NIAAA NIH HHS R03 AA018735NIAAA NIH HHS R03AA018735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of personalized normative feedback (PNF) on college student alcohol-related risky sexual behavior (RSB).

methodIn a randomized controlled trial, 480 (57.6% female) sexually active college students were stratified by gender and level of drinking and randomly assigned to an alcohol-only intervention, an alcohol-related RSB-only intervention, a combined alcohol and alcohol-related RSB intervention, or control. All assessment and intervention procedures were Web-based.

resultsResults indicated a significant reduction in drinking outcomes for the alcohol only and the combined alcohol and alcohol-related RSB interventions relative to control. Findings further demonstrated a significant reduction in alcohol-related RSB outcomes for the alcohol-related RSB only and the combined alcohol and alcohol-related RSB interventions relative to control. There were no significant intervention effects on alcohol-related negative consequences. These findings demonstrate that the combined alcohol and alcohol-related RSB intervention was the only intervention successful at reducing both drinking and alcohol-related RSB outcomes relative to control. There were no significant differences when comparing the combined alcohol and alcohol-related RSB intervention to the alcohol-only intervention or the alcohol-related RSB-only intervention. Finally, results suggested that the intervention effects on high-risk behaviors were mediated by reductions in descriptive normative perceptions.

conclusionsThese findings demonstrate that PNF specific to drinking in sexual situations was needed to reduce alcohol-related RSB. Furthermore, this study highlights the potential utility of a brief intervention that can be delivered via the Internet to reduce high-risk drinking and alcohol-related RSB among college students.

Indexed as

Feedback, PsychologicalRisk-TakingUnsafe SexAdultAlcohol DrinkingBehavior TherapyFemaleHumansInternetMaleStudentsTreatment OutcomeUniversitiesYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID24491076
PMCPMC4029925
OpenAlexW2002084985

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