Alcohol and Health: Personalized Feedback



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:8/16/2018
Start Date:October 22, 2017
End Date:December 2018
Contact:Thad Leffingwell, PhD
Email:thad.leffingwell@okstate.edu
Phone:405-744-6027

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Heavy episodic drinking (HED) among college students remains a concern within the U.S., as
rates of HED are still high in this population. Though a variety of brief motivational
interventions for alcohol use in college students have demonstrated significant effects,
these effects are often small and not consistently maintained over time. Personalized
feedback interventions (PFIs) are a particularly promising approach, as these are often
acceptable to college students, as well as low-cost, and easy to disseminate. Though
presentation of interperson discrepancy via descriptive and injunctive norms has shown
consistent effects within PFIs and received much attention in the literature, intraperson, or
ideal-actual self discrepancies, has largely been ignored. Drawing from cognitive dissonance
theory, self-regulation theory, and motivational interviewing, the current study aims to
evaluate the efficacy of an alcohol PFI with a values component to incorporate ideal-self
discrepancy into a typical intervention.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Must be at least 18 years of age

- Must be able to speak and read English

- Must report consuming alcohol in a typical week over the past month

Exclusion Criteria:

- Must not deny drinking within the past month

- Non-English speaking

- Under the age of 18
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