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Reiss, Elayne – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2011
This study was guided by a research question regarding the efficacy of the AlcoholEdu program in increasing the use of protective behaviors among incoming college freshman of different drinking risk groups. Specifically, the researcher sought to determine which drinker risk groups, if any, showed the greatest degree of willingness to change…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, College Freshmen, Alcohol Education, Drinking
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Terry, Paul E.; Seaverson, Erin L. D.; Staufacker, Michael J.; Gingerich, Stefan B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
Many health promotion interventions have been developed and tested in recent years. Practitioners and researchers must continue to explore how various program delivery modalities can be used effectively and efficiently to optimize program outcomes. A sample of 6,055 participants was drawn from 10 large employers. Participants self-selected into a…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Telecommunications
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Bingham, C. Raymond; Barretto, Andrea Ippel; Walton, Maureen A.; Bryant, Christopher M.; Shope, Jean T.; Raghunathan, Trivellore E. – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: Reduce college student at-risk drinking (ARD) using a Web-based brief motivational alcohol prevention/intervention called "Michigan Prevention and Alcohol Safety for Students" (M-PASS). Participants: Participants included 1,137 randomly sampled first-year college students, including 59% female, 80% white, and averaged age 18.1…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Control Groups, College Students, Intervention
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Boekeloo, Bradley O.; Novik, Melinda G.; Bush, Elizabeth N.; O'Grady, Kevin E. – Journal of Drug Education, 2009
An intervention to reduce college alcohol use and secondhand effects was tested. Freshmen dormitory wings at a large Mid-Atlantic public university were assigned to single-gender (SG) or mixed-gender (MG) Information-Motivation-Behavior (IMB) workshops implemented during the first weeks of school, or a control condition. Students were surveyed…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Drinking, Behavior Change
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Juarez, Patricia; Walters, Scott T.; Daugherty, Mikyta; Radi, Christopher – Journal of Drug Education, 2006
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief intervention that has been shown to reduce heavy drinking among college students. Because all college studies of MI to date have included a personalized feedback report, it remains unclear which of the components is necessary to produce behavior change. This study evaluated the separate and collective…
Descriptors: College Students, Behavior Modification, Feedback, Drinking