Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2017
How does brief motivational intervention change heavy drinking and harm among underage young adult drinkers?
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of the associations between protective behavioral strategies and heavy alcohol consumption and consequences among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Bridging the gap between genetic epidemiological research and prevention: A randomized control trial of a novel personalized feedback program for alcohol and cannabis use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- Motivational interviewing plus behavioral activation for alcohol misuse in college students with ADHD.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- Descriptive Norms but not Harm Reduction Strategies as a Mediator of Personalized Boosters After a Computerized College Drinking Intervention.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2020Trial
- Alcohol demand moderates brief motivational intervention outcomes in underage young adult drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- A randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of a brief alcohol intervention supplemented with a substance-free activity session or relaxation training.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- 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 · 2019Trial
- Motivational interviewing technical process and moderated relational process with underage young adult heavy drinkers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Trial
- Mediators and Moderators of a Personalized Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Nonstudent Emerging Adult Drinkers.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- A Randomized Trial of a Personalized Feedback Intervention for Nonstudent Emerging Adult At-Risk Drinkers.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Effectiveness of brief motivational interviewing for alcohol misuse: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Review
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- Exploring motivational interviewing's technical hypothesis with emerging adults from racial or ethnic minority groups with heavy alcohol use.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of the guided self-change intervention for reducing alcohol use in adolescents with and without history of cannabis use.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Precision medicine in alcohol use disorder: Mapping etiologic and maintenance mechanisms to mechanisms of behavior change to improve patient outcomes.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Criterion Validity of Protective Behavioral Strategies for Alcohol Consumption among College Students: Comparison across Two Measures.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Does abstaining from alcohol in high school moderate intervention effects for college students? Implications for tiered intervention strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Gender and Childhood Victimization: A Longitudinal Study of Heavy Drinking in Young Adulthood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study tested mediating processes hypothesized to explain the therapeutic benefit of an efficacious motivational interview (MI). The constructs of interest were motivation to change, cognitive dissonance about current drinking, self-efficacy for change, perceived young adult drinking norms, future drinking intentions, and the use of protective behavioral strategies.
methodA randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of a brief MI to a time- and attention-matched control of meditation and relaxation training for alcohol use. Participants were underage, past-month heavy drinkers recruited from community (i.e., non 4-year college or university) settings (N = 167; ages 17-20; 58% female; 61% White). Statistical analyses assessed mechanisms of MI effects on follow up (6-week, 3-month) percent heavy drinking days (HDD) and alcohol consequences (AC) with a series of temporally lagged mediation models.
resultsMI efficacy for reducing 6-week HDD was mediated by baseline to postsession changes in the following 3 processes: increasing motivation and self-efficacy, and decreasing the amount these young adults intended to drink in the future. For 6-week AC, MI efficacy was mediated through 1 process: decreased perceived drinking norms. At 3-month follow up, increased cognitive dissonance mediated HDD, but not AC. Further, increased use of certain protective behavioral strategies (i.e., avoidance of and seeking alternatives to drinking contexts) from baseline to 6-weeks mediated both 3-month HDD and AC.
conclusionsFindings suggest that within-session cognitive changes are key mechanisms of MIs effect on short-term alcohol outcomes among community young adults while protective behaviors may be more operative at subsequent follow up. (PsycINFO Database Record
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