Trial reportJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2020
Efficacy of the eCHECKUP TO GO for High School Seniors: Sex Differences in Risk Factors, Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Alcohol Use.
Trial report in Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03613818 (Efficacy of a Web-Based Alcohol Intervention for High School Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Efficacy of a Web-Based Alcohol Intervention for High School Students
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Use of Waivers of Guardian Permission in the United States for Pediatric Digital Health Intervention Research Since 2020: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainment of digital health interventions for adolescent substance use prevention: a systematic review of influencing factors based on the RE-AIM framework.Health education research · 2025Pooled it
- Neuroscience-informed classification of prevention interventions in substance use disorders: An RDoC-based approach.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Peer Network Counseling Effects on Substance Use: an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis Integrating Three Randomized Controlled Trials.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
- Do Alcohol Prevention Programs Influence Adolescents' Drinking Behaviors? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of the eCHECKUP TO GO on drinking games participation and behavior among high school seniors.Addictive behaviors · 2025Trial
- Primary Prevention Interventions for Problematic Substance Use in Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Review
- Combining Alcohol Misuse and Sexual Assault Prevention Enhances Training Outcomes in a U.S. Military Service Academy.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Digital Intervention Components for Preventing and Reducing Substance Use in Adolescents and Emerging Adults: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
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- Who Opts In to Alcohol Feedback and How Does That Impact Behavior? A Pilot Trial.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2022Article
- Adolescent Substance Use Disorders.NEJM evidence · 2022Review
- Reducing Alcohol Use among High School Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief, Web-Based Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention.The Sport psychologist · 2021Article
- Sex differences in the acceptability and short-term outcomes of a web-based personalized feedback alcohol intervention for high school seniors.Psychology in the schools · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this randomized controlled study was to examine sex as a moderator of the efficacy of a brief, web-based personalized feedback intervention (eCHECKUP TO GO) on decreasing cognitive risk factors for alcohol use, increasing protective behavioral strategies, and reducing alcohol use among high school seniors.
methodParticipants (n = 311) were high school seniors randomized by class period to the eCHECKUP TO GO intervention or assessment-only control group. Participants completed online surveys at baseline and 30-day follow-up (91.0%; n = 283).
resultsStudents in the intervention group reported a significant reduction in normative perceptions of peer drinking, positive alcohol expectancies, and alcohol use relative to those in the control group. Intervention effects for perceptions of frequency of peer drunkenness and frequency of alcohol use were moderated by sex, with results favoring females. In contrast, we did not find evidence for sex as a moderator of intervention effects for normative perceptions of peer drinking frequency, sex-specific perceptions of peer heavy episodic drinking, positive alcohol expectancies, or peak drinking quantity. Further, we did not find significant intervention or moderator effects for protective behavioral strategies.
conclusionsResults of this study extend the literature by demonstrating the efficacy of the eCHECKUP TO GO for both males and females on reducing cognitive risk factors and alcohol use, although results were significant for a broader range of variables for females. Results also indicate that program content regarding normative feedback and protective behavioral strategies may need modification to be more effective for this age group.
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