Interventions to reduce college student drinking: State of the evidence for mechanisms of behavior change.

ABSTRACT: Interventions to reduce college student drinking, although efficacious, generally yield only small effects on behavior change. Examining mechanisms of change may help to improve the magnitude of intervention effects by identifying effective and ineffective active ingredients. Informed by guidelines for establishing mechanisms of change, we conducted a systematic review of alcohol interventions for college students to identify (a) which constructs have been examined and received support as mediators, (b) circumstances that enhance the likelihood of detecting mediation, and (c) the extent of evidence for mechanisms of change. We identified 61 trials that examined 22 potential mediators of intervention efficacy. Descriptive norms consistently mediated normative feedback interventions. Motivat

SUBMITTER: Reid AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4537835 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature