Do brief motivational interventions reduce drinking game frequency in mandated students? An analysis of data from two randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT: College students frequently engage in drinking games (DGs) and experience a variety of consequences as a result. It is currently unknown whether brief motivational interventions (BMIs) that provide feedback on DG participation can reduce this high risk behavior. This study examined outcome data from 2 randomized clinical trials to examine whether BMIs facilitate change in DG frequency and how these changes may occur. Mandated college students (Trial 1, N = 198, 46% female; Trial 2, N = 412; 32% female) were randomized to BMI or comparison control conditions. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to compare the BMI and comparison groups to determine whether the BMI reduced DG participation over time. Percent change talk (PCT) during the discussion of DG during the session was examined

SUBMITTER: Fernandez AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5293610 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature