Testing a brief motivational-interviewing educational commitment module for at-risk college drinkers: A randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goal of the present study was to test the drink and harm reduction effects of a novel educational commitment (EC) module as a complement to a standard brief MI protocol (i.e., the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students; BASICS, Dimeff, Baer, Kivlahan, & Marlatt, 1999).

Methods

Using a randomized trial design, 180 university students were assigned to one of three conditions: Information, BASICS, or BASICS+EC. Participants completed an alcohol consumption interview and measures of alcohol-related problems, partying decision-making, subjective student role investment, and self-control-related traits at baseline and at two- and nine-month follow-ups.

Results

Linear models showed significant condition effects for two-month and nine-mon

SUBMITTER: Bogg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6325006 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature