Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2015
Defining and characterizing differences in college alcohol intervention efficacy: A growth mixture modeling application.
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- Alcohol interventions for mandated college students: A meta-analytic review.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Pooled it
- Does self-affirmation augment the effects of a mandated personalized feedback intervention? A randomized controlled trial with heavy drinking college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Trial
- Testing a brief motivational-interviewing educational commitment module for at-risk college drinkers: A randomized trial.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- Mediators and Moderators of a Personalized Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Nonstudent Emerging Adult Drinkers.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Do brief motivational interventions reduce drinking game frequency in mandated students? An analysis of data from two randomized controlled trials.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Trial
- Capturing meaningful change: Initiation and maintenance of reductions in World Health Organization risk drinking levels among mandated college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Grouping motivational interviewing for alcohol craving in individuals with alcohol use disorder: the influence of drinking history on its efficacy.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Grouping motivational interviewing is only effective for younger patients with alcohol dependence in the rehabilitation stage.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Examining Attitude, Norms, and Intentions as Predictors of Prospective Change in Alcohol-Induced Blackouts.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Predictors of treatment response in a web-based intervention for cannabis users.Internet interventions · 2019Article
- The Influence of a Brief Alcohol Intervention on Alcohol Use Trajectories in Nonstudent Emerging Adult Drinkers.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Testing variability in response to a brief alcohol intervention: The role of self-regulation and the therapeutic relationship.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Article
- Predictors of short-term change after a brief alcohol intervention for mandated college drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- A Novel Approach for Streamlining Delivery of Brief Motivational Interventions to Mandated College Students: Using Group and Individual Sessions Matched to Level of Risk.Substance use & misuse · 2017Article
- Emerging adults in substance misuse intervention: preintervention characteristics and responses to a motivation-enhancing program.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2016Article
- Questioning the validity of the 4+/5+ binge or heavy drinking criterion in college and clinical populations.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Review
- Do my peers approve? Interest in injunctive norms feedback delivered online to college student drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveWhile college alcohol misuse remains a pervasive issue, individual-level interventions are among the most efficacious methodologies to reduce alcohol-related harms. Growth mixture modeling (GMM) was used as an exploratory moderation analysis to determine how many types of college drinkers exist with regard to intervention efficacy over a 12-month period.
methodData from 3 randomized controlled trials were combined to yield a sample of 1,040 volunteer and mandated college students who were given 1 of 3 interventions: a brief motivational intervention, Alcohol Edu for Sanctions, or Alcohol 101 Plus. Participants were assessed at baseline, and 1, 6, and 12 months postintervention.
resultsThrough the examination of heavy drinking behaviors, piecewise GMM identified 6 subpopulations of drinkers. Most of the sample (76%) was lighter drinkers who demonstrated a strong intervention response, but returned to baseline behaviors over the subsequent 12 months. In contrast, 11% of the sample reported no significant change over the 12-month period. Four minority subpopulations were also identified. In sum, 82% of the sample responded to intervention, but 84% of the sample reported intervention decay over the subsequent 12 months. Female gender, being an, upperclassmen, beginning drinking later in life, not engaging in drinking games, and lower norms predicted a greater likelihood of responding to intervention.
conclusionIndividual-level interventions are successful at effecting change in most college students, but these effects tend to decay to baseline behaviors by 12 months. These results suggest intervention efforts need to find ways to engage freshmen men and those who play drinking games. (PsycINFO Database Record
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