ERIC Number: EJ827055
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Feb
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-006X
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Individual and Situational Factors that Influence the Efficacy of Personalized Feedback Substance Use Interventions for Mandated College Students
Mun, Eun Young; White, Helene R.; Morgan, Thomas J.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v77 n1 p88-102 Feb 2009
Little is known about individual and situational factors that moderate the efficacy of personalized feedback interventions (PFIs). Mandated college students (N = 348) were randomly assigned either to a PFI delivered in the context of a brief motivational interview (BMI; n = 180) or to a written PFI only (WF) condition and were followed up at 4 months and 15 months postintervention. The authors empirically identified heterogeneous subgroups utilizing mixture modeling analysis based on heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related problems. The 4 identified groups were dichotomized into an improved group (53.4%) and a nonimproved group (46.6%). Logistic regression results indicated that the BMI was no more efficacious than the WF across all mandated students. However, mandated students who experienced a serious incident requiring medical or police attention and those with higher levels of alcohol-related problems at baseline benefited more from the BMI than from the WF. It may be an efficacious and cost-effective approach to provide a written PFI for low-risk mandated students and an enhanced PFI with a BMI for those students who experience a serious incident or have higher baseline alcohol-related problems. (Contains 5 figures, 3 tables and 12 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), College Students, Alcohol Abuse, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Counseling Techniques, Interviews, Regression (Statistics), Medical Services, Police, Cost Effectiveness, Writing (Composition)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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