Trial reportJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2014
Randomized controlled trial of web-based decisional balance feedback and personalized normative feedback for college drinkers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The efficacy of Personalized Normative Feedback interventions across addictions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
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- Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Use of theory in computer-based interventions to reduce alcohol use among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2016Pooled it
- Examining personalized feedback interventions for gambling disorders: A systematic review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2016Pooled it
- Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Electronic Interventions for Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Annals of internal medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Four-Year Effects of a Computer-Based Brief Alcohol Intervention Targeting Alcohol Users in the General Population: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- A pilot study comparing in-person and web-based motivational interviewing among adults with a first-time DUI offense.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2015Trial
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- Digital Intervention Components for Preventing and Reducing Substance Use in Adolescents and Emerging Adults: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Daily-level associations between protective behavioral strategies, transdermal alcohol concentration, and alcohol-induced blackouts among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Application of the ant colony optimization algorithm for the construction of a short version of the German alcohol decisional balance scale.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Profiles of transdermal alcohol concentration and their prediction of negative and positive alcohol-related consequences in young adults' natural settings.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
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- Engagement With Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Components of a Web-Based Alcohol Intervention, Elicitation of Change Talk and Sustain Talk, and Impact on Drinking Outcomes: Secondary Data Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Development of an integrated digital health intervention to promote engagement in and adherence to medication for opioid use disorder.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2020Article
- Clinician's Guide to Evaluating and Developing eHealth Interventions for Mental Health.Psychiatric research and clinical practice · 2020Article
- Motivation for weight loss and association with outcomes in a lifestyle intervention: comparing emerging adults to middle aged adults.Obesity science & practice · 2019Article
- [Internet-based alcohol interventions for college students: systematic reviewIntervenciones por Internet para reducir el consumo de alcohol de los estudiantes universitarios: revisión sistemática].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveWeb-based personalized feedback interventions, particularly personalized normative feedback (PNF), are efficacious in improving college drinking outcomes; however, no personalized feedback interventions to date have provided college drinkers with feedback about their own decisional balance. This study tested the relative efficacy of a novel decisional balance feedback (DBF) intervention, PNF, and an assessment-only control condition.
methodParticipants (N = 724; 56% female) were undergraduate students at a 4-year university in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and were randomized to receive one-time exposure to web-based DBF, PNF, or assessment only. Web-based assessment occurred at baseline and at 1-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups and included measures of motivation to change, drinking quantity norms, drinking frequency/quantity, and alcohol-related problems.
resultsAt the 1-month follow-up, DBF and PNF participants reported reductions in alcohol-related problems; however, only PNF participants reduced their drinking frequency and quantity. At the 6-month follow-up, only DBF participants showed significant reductions in drinking quantity and alcohol-related problems. Neither group maintained reductions in alcohol use or alcohol-related problems at the 12-month follow-up.
conclusionsThis study provided preliminary evidence that web-based DBF and PNF are efficacious interventions for college drinkers, with DBF having somewhat longer lasting effects.
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