A brief, web-based personalized feedback selective intervention for college student marijuana use: A randomized clinical trial.
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Despite clear need, brief web-based interventions for marijuana-using college students have not been evaluated in the literature. The current study was designed to evaluate a brief, web-based personalized feedback intervention for at-risk marijuana users transitioning to college. All entering first-year students were invited to complete a brief questionnaire. Participants meeting criteria completed a baseline assessment (N = 341) and were randomly assigned to web-based personalized feedback or assessment-only control conditions. Participants completed 3-month (95.0%) and 6-month (94.4%) follow-up assessments. Results indicated that although there was no overall intervention effect, moderator analyses found promising effects for those with a family history of drug problems and, to a smaller extent, students who were higher in contemplation of changing marijuana use at baseline. Implications of these findings for selective intervention of college marijuana use and web-based interventions in general are discussed.
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- Authors
- Lee, C. M., Neighbors, C., Kilmer, J. R., & Larimer, M. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 265-273
- ISSN
- 0893-164X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1501
- PMC
- PMC2891541
- OpenAlex
- W2158529492
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 3.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA019257)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- cannabis use, university students, online intervention, personalized feedback, brief intervention, selective intervention, transition to college, first-year students
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Marijuana Abuse, Health Surveys, Humans, Marijuana Smoking, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Students, Universities, Treatment Outcome, Patient Selection, Internet, Feedback, Psychological, Young Adult, Intention to Treat Analysis
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