Brief motivational interventions for college student problem gamblers.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

College students experience high rates of problem and pathological gambling, yet little research has investigated methods for reducing gambling in this population. This study sought to examine the efficacy of brief intervention strategies.

Design

Randomized trial.

Setting

College campuses.

Participants

A total of 117 college student problem and pathological gamblers.

Interventions

Students were assigned randomly to: an assessment-only control, 10 minutes of brief advice, one session of motivational enhancement therapy (MET) or one session of MET, plus three sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The three interventions were designed to reduce gambling.

Measurements

Gambling was assessed at baseline, week 6 and month 9 using the Addic

SUBMITTER: Petry NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2758481 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature