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| Title |
Very-Brief, Web-Based Interventions for Reducing Alcohol Use and Related Problems among College Students: A Review
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00129 |
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| Authors |
Robert F. Leeman, Elliottnell Perez, Christine Nogueira, Kelly S. DeMartini |
| Abstract |
Very-brief, web-based alcohol interventions have great potential due to their convenience, ease of dissemination, and college students' stated preference for this intervention modality. To address the efficacy of these interventions, we conducted a review of the literature to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Fifteen published reports were included. All RCTs meeting criteria for inclusion tested an intervention that featured personalized feedback on students' patterns of alcohol consumption. This review found some evidence to support the efficacy of very-brief, web-based interventions among college students for alcohol use reduction. Several trials, however, reported no evidence of efficacy and the methods of multiple trials raised concerns about potential bias that may have influenced study results. By contrast, this review did not yield evidence to support the efficacy of very-brief, web-based interventions for reduction of alcohol--related problems among college students. We found evidence to support the efficacy of two main types of intervention content: (a) focused solely on personalized normative feedback designed to correct misconceptions about peer alcohol consumption and (b) multi-component interventions. Future research is needed to test enhancements to very-brief, web-based interventions that feature personalized feedback on patterns of alcohol use and to determine for which types of college drinkers (e.g., heavier or lighter drinkers) these interventions are most efficacious. In addition, future studies are needed to test novel, very-brief, web-based interventions featuring approaches other than personalized feedback. In summary, this review yielded some evidence supporting very-brief, web-based interventions in reducing alcohol use but not related problems in college students. Very-brief, web-based interventions are worth pursuing given their convenience, privacy, and potential public health benefit. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 124 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 119 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 26 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 9% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 29 | 23% |
| Unknown | 25 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 41 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 12% |
| Unspecified | 7 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Unknown | 30 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 September 2015.
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