Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2018
A text message intervention to reduce 21st birthday alcohol consumption: Evaluation of a two-group randomized controlled trial.
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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
- A systematic meta-epidemiologic review on nonabstinence-inclusive interventions for substance use: inclusion of race/ethnicity and sex assigned at birth/gender.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Text messaging interventions for reducing alcohol consumption among risky drinkers: systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Automated, tailored adaptive mobile messaging to reduce alcohol consumption in help-seeking adults: A randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Trial
- A randomized pilot trial of a mobile delivered brief motivational interviewing and behavioral economic alcohol intervention for emerging adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Trial
- Incorporating Social Networks and Event-Specific Information in a Personalized Feedback Intervention to Reduce Drinking Among Young Adults.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2022Trial
- Online personalized normative feedback intervention to reduce event-specific drinking during Mardi Gras.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2019Trial
- Digital Intervention Components for Preventing and Reducing Substance Use in Adolescents and Emerging Adults: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Likelihood of Young Adult Engagement in Protective Behavioral Strategies for Alcohol Use across Drinking Contexts: Implications for Adaptive Interventions.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Criterion Validity of Protective Behavioral Strategies for Alcohol Consumption among College Students: Comparison across Two Measures.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Ecological momentary assessments of night-time drinking among California adolescents: bases for informing night-time preventive interventions.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Article
- Shyness and susceptibility to social influence: Stronger concordance between norms and drinking among shy individuals.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- College Student Perspectives of Telemental Health: a Review of the Recent Literature.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: an Update on Evidence-Based Strategies.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Incorporating Writing into a Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention to Reduce Problem Drinking Among College Students.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Article
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Abstract
Twenty-first birthdays are associated with extreme levels of heavy drinking and alcohol-related harm. Effective preventive interventions that are acceptable to young adults are needed. The current study tested the efficacy of a brief text-message intervention for reducing 21st birthday alcohol involvement designed to correct perceived 21st birthday drinking norms and provide protective behavioral strategies (PBS). We also examined potential moderators and mediators. College students (n = 200) with an upcoming 21st birthday completed a baseline assessment and were randomized to a text-message intervention or an assessment-only control condition. For participants in the intervention group, Message 1 (sent one day before the birthday celebration) focused on personalized normative feedback, and Message 2 (sent day of the birthday celebration) discussed PBS to minimize risk. Primary outcomes were assessed using responses to a follow-up assessment the day after their birthday celebration (93% completion rate). Zero-inflated negative binomial regression analyses did not reveal an overall intervention effect for estimated Blood Alcohol Content (eBAC) or alcohol problems on the 21st birthday celebration. In partial support of our hypothesis, there was an indirect effect of perceived 21st birthday norms on 21st birthday eBAC. The intervention was associated with reduced perceived norms, which was, in turn, related to a lower eBAC. There was a 3-way interaction between drinks per week, anticipated eBAC, and intervention condition for the count portion of actual eBAC such that the intervention reduced eBAC among a high-risk subset of the sample. Future research may benefit from further refining the personalized normative feedback (PNF) component of 21st birthday interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record
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