A text message intervention to reduce first year university students' alcohol use: A pilot experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of Orientation Week is to help new students acclimatize to university life. However, Orientation Week is characterized by heavy alcohol use and during this time students may develop drinking patterns that persist into the academic year. The aim of the current study was to refine a brief Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) and test its effectiveness in reducing students' alcohol use during both Orientation Week and throughout the academic year.

Method

We conducted two focus groups with students who had received a pilot intervention. We then updated and trialled the intervention with students from two residential colleges (College 1 n = 117 and College 2 n = 269) who were assigned to either an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) condition

SUBMITTER: Riordan BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001236 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature