Decisional Balance: Alcohol Decisional Balance Intervention for Heavy Drinking Undergraduates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study evaluated a decisional balance intervention among heavy drinking undergraduates and compared a nonweighted decisional balance proportion (DBP; Collins, Carey, & Otto, 2009) to a participant-weighted DBP with weights based on relative importance of items. We expected: (1) the intervention to decrease drinking compared to control; (2) the weighted intervention to be more effective compared to the nonweighted or control in reducing drinking; and (3) intervention efficacy to be moderated by initial DBP.

Method

Participants (N = 162, Mean age = 24.37, SD = 6.81, 27% male) were randomly assigned to an alcohol intervention wherein they were either asked to assign weights of importance to pros and cons (weighted intervention), or not (nonweighted intervention),

SUBMITTER: Foster DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4666722 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature