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Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment

Response of heavy-drinking voluntary and mandated college students to a peer-led brief motivational intervention addressing alcohol use.

Nadine R Mastroleo, William C Oakley, Erica M Eaton, Brian Borsari

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. 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

4 authors.

Nadine R MastroleoCenter for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G-S121-5, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Electronic address: nadine_mastroleo@brown.edu.
William C OakleyCenter for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G-S121-5, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.
Erica M EatonCenter for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G-S121-5, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Fielding Graduate University, 2112 Santa Barbara Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA.
Brian BorsariMental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA; Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G-S121-5, Providence, RI 02912, USA.

Funding

ALCOHOL INTERVENTION/TREATMENT OUTCOME RESEARCH TRAININGT32AA007459 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI ROBERT MIRANDA, PETER M. MONTI · 1986 to 2026
$13.3M
Stepped Care for Mandated College StudentsR01AA015518 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BORSARI, BRIAN · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
Within-Session Mechanisms of Behavior Change in At-Risk College StudentsR01AA017427 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BORSARI, BRIAN · 2009 to 2012
$1.5M
Comparison of MI Training Approaches on College Student DrinkingF31AA017012 · NIAAA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI MASTROLEO, NADINE RACHEL · 2007 to 2007
$34k
NIAAA NIH HHS F31 AA 017012NIAAA NIH HHS F31 AA017012NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA015518NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017427NIAAA NIH HHS R01- AA017427NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007459NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA07459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about the way in which mandated and heavy-drinking voluntary students comparatively respond to peer-led brief motivational interventions (BMIs) and the mediators and moderators of intervention effects. Research suggests that mandated students may be more defensive due to their involvement in treatment against their will and this defensiveness, in turn, may relate to treatment outcome. Furthermore, it is not clear how mandated and heavy-drinking voluntary students perceived satisfaction with peer-led BMIs relates to treatment outcomes. Using data from two separate randomized controlled trials, heavy drinking college students (heavy-drinking voluntary, n = 156; mandated, n = 82) completed a peer-led brief motivational intervention (BMI). Both mandated and heavy-drinking volunteer students significantly reduced drinking behaviors at 3-month follow-up, reported high levels of post-intervention session satisfaction, yet no effects for mediation or moderation were found. Findings offer continued support for using peer counselors to deliver BMIs; however, results regarding the mechanisms of change were in contrast to previous findings. Implications for treatment and future areas of research are discussed.

Indexed as

Mandatory ProgramsMotivationPeer GroupAlcohol DrinkingCounselingFemaleHumansIntentionMalePatient SatisfactionPsychotherapy, BriefStudentsTreatment OutcomeUniversitiesAlcoholBrief interventionCollege studentsPeer counselors

Identifiers

PMID25073447
PMCPMC4175063

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