Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2018
Personalized Boosters After a Computerized Intervention Targeting College Drinking: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- 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
- Optimizing internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for alcohol misuse-a randomized factorial trial examining effects of a pre-treatment assessment interview and guidance.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Trial
- 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
- Mediators and Moderators of a Personalized Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Nonstudent Emerging Adult Drinkers.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Data Quality and Study Compliance Among College Students Across 2 Recruitment Sources: Two Study Investigation.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Examining Emailed Feedback as Boosters After a College Drinking Intervention Among Fraternities and Sororities: Rationale and Protocol for a Remote Controlled Trial (Project Greek).JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Does abstaining from alcohol in high school moderate intervention effects for college students? Implications for tiered intervention strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Predictors of Booster Engagement Following a Web-Based Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse Among National Guard Members: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2021Article
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- 'High schools High on life': Development of an Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking in Danish High Schools.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundProblematic drinking among emerging adult college students is extensive. Computer-delivered interventions (CDIs) have strong appeal because they can be quickly delivered to large numbers of students. Although they are efficacious in the short term, CDIs are not as efficacious as in-person interventions longer term. This study examined the utility of emailed boosters containing personalized feedback after a CDI to enhance and extend reductions among emerging adult college drinkers. Sex and age were explored as potential moderators.
methodsParticipants were 537 college students (67.4% female) aged 18 to 24 years (M age = 19.65, SD = 1.67) who consumed at least 1 alcoholic drink in the past 2 weeks. They were randomly assigned to CDI-only, CDI + booster email, or an assessment-only control condition, and were assessed up to 9 months postintervention. A booster email with personalized feedback was sent to the CDI + booster email group 2 weeks after completion of the CDI.
resultsModeration findings for age revealed that the booster may be an effective means to strengthen and extend intervention effects for emerging adults who are of legal drinking age. However, effects were negligible for underage drinkers. Although the booster effect for the overall sample demonstrated a trend in the expected direction, it failed to reach significance. Booster effects were not significantly moderated by sex. Intervention effects were not moderated by either age or sex.
conclusionsThe present investigation contributes to a limited body of research on boosters to augment main intervention effects in college drinkers. Our study demonstrated that a brief CDI plus a simple email booster with personalized feedback resulted in significant reductions in drinking outcomes for emerging adults of legal drinking age. Efforts to further develop and refine intervention booster strategies represent a promising future direction to minimize harmful drinking among college students.
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