Identification, prevention, and treatment revisited: Individual-focused college drinking prevention strategies 1999–2006
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This paper serves to update a prior review of the literature on individual-focused prevention and treatment approaches for college drinking [Larimer, M.E. & Cronce, J.M. (2002). Identification, prevention and treatment: A review of individual-focused strategies to reduce problematic alcohol consumption by college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol Suppl. 14, 148-163.], and covers the period from late 1999 through 2006. No support was found for information/knowledge approaches alone, or for brief values clarification approaches alone or with other informational content. Evidence was found in support of skills-based interventions and motivational interventions that incorporated personalized feedback, with or without an in-person intervention. Normative re-education interventions received mixed support, though personalized normative feedback was associated with positive outcomes. Significant advances have been made over the past seven years with respect to mailed and computerized feedback interventions, and interventions with mandated students. Much of the research reviewed suffered from significant limitations, particularly small sample sizes, attrition, and lack of appropriate control groups. More research is needed to determine the best methods for disseminating such interventions on college campuses, as well as additional research on interventions with high-risk groups of students.
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Studies of college students receiving interventions generally have found that brief interventions which use either skills-based or motivational interviewing interventions are effective.
“However, studies of college students receiving interventions generally have found that brief interventions which use either skills-based or motivational interviewing interventions are effective (Larimer and Cronce, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Larimer, M. E., & Cronce, J. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Venue
- Addictive Behaviors
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-11
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2439-2468
- ISSN
- 0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2106151916
- Cited by
- 625
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U01 AA01472)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- college drinking, alcohol prevention, skills-based intervention, motivational interventions, personalized feedback, normative feedback, at-risk students, university students, alcohol treatment
- MeSH terms
- Alcohol Drinking, Behavior Therapy, Biofeedback, Psychology, Female, Health Education, Humans, Male, Motivation, Referral and Consultation, Risk Factors, Students, Universities, Treatment Outcome, Patient Selection
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