Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2015
Randomized controlled trial of brief alcohol screening and intervention for college students for heavy-drinking mandated and volunteer undergraduates: 12-month outcomes.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- A sex- and gender-based analysis of alcohol treatment intervention research involving youth: A methodological systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Alcohol interventions for mandated college students: A meta-analytic review.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Pooled it
- Long-term effects of a peer-led Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) intervention to reduce alcohol consumption among Spanish university students: A 12-month randomised controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Trial
- 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
- Do hypothetical evaluations of alcohol related consequences change over time? Examining the influence of past and ongoing consequences.Addictive behaviors · 2024Trial
- Protective behavioral strategies underutilization mediates effect of a brief motivational intervention among socially anxious undergraduate drinkers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- Testing a brief motivational-interviewing educational commitment module for at-risk college drinkers: A randomized trial.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- Risk Factors for Quantity of Cannabis Use Per Day among College Students Who Violated Their University Drug Use Policy.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2024Article
- Utility of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire to Identify College Students At-Risk for Alcohol Related Problems: Relative Operating Characteristics across Seven Countries.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Thirty years of BASICS: Dissemination and implementation progress and challenges.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Article
- Peer pressure: Conformity outweighs reciprocity in social anxiety.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Comparative Effectiveness of Brief Alcohol Interventions for College Students: Results from a Network Meta-Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019Review
- Game Plan: Development of a Web App Designed to Help Men Who Have Sex With Men Reduce Their HIV Risk and Alcohol Use.JMIR formative research · 2018Article
- The Impact of University Sanctions on Cannabis Use: Individual Difference Factors that Predict Change in Cannabis Use.Translational issues in psychological science · 2018Article
- Addictive Behavior Interventions Among College Students.Current addiction reports · 2016Article
- Substance Use Attitudes, Behaviors, Education and Prevention in Colleges of Pharmacy in the United States.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2016Review
- Drinking Location and Pregaming as Predictors of Alcohol Intoxication Among Mandated College Students.Substance use & misuse · 2016Article
- Professional and youth perspectives on higher education-focused interventions for youth transitioning from foster care.Children and youth services review · 2016Article
- Reflections on How a University Binge Drinking Prevention Initiative Supports Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Student Alcohol Use.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2015Review
- Drinking Game Participation Among High School and Incoming College Students: A Narrative Review.Journal of addictions nursingReview
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Abstract
This is the first randomized trial testing whether heavy-drinking undergraduates mandated to the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) program following a campus alcohol violation would benefit as much as heavy-drinking volunteers up to 1 year postintervention using control groups with high-risk drinkers to model disciplinary-related and naturalistic changes in drinking. Participants (61% male; 51% mandated; 84% Caucasian; M age = 20.14 years) were screened for heavy drinking and randomized to BASICS (n = 115) or assessment-only control (n = 110). Outcome measures (drinking, alcohol problems) were collected at baseline, 4 weeks, 3, 6, and 12 months postintervention. At 4 weeks postintervention, intent-to-treat multilevel longitudinal models showed that regardless of referral group (mandated or volunteer), BASICS significantly decreased weekly drinking, typical drinks, and peak drinks relative to controls (ds = .41-.92). BASICS had a large effect on decreases in alcohol problems (d = .87). At 12 months postintervention, BASICS participants (regardless of referral group) reported significantly fewer alcohol problems (d = .56) compared with controls. Significant long-term intervention gains for peak and typical drinks were sustained in both referral groups relative to controls (ds = .42; .11). Referral group had no significant main effect and did not interact with intervention condition to predict outcomes. Given that BASICS was associated with less drinking and fewer alcohol problems (even among heavier drinking mandated students up to 1 year postintervention), provision of BASICS-style programs within disciplinary settings may help reduce heavy and problematic drinking among at-risk students. (PsycINFO Database Record
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