Pilot randomized controlled trial of a tailored personalized normative feedback intervention for college student alcohol use

IF 3.6 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

Drug and alcohol dependence Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112824

Amanda K. Gilmore , Ruschelle M. Leone , Katherine Reuben , Jamani B. Garner , Nyla Flowers , Tristin Chipman , Emily E. Patton , Julianna Capobianco , Zoe Y. Zong , Cynthia A. Stappenbeck , Jessalynn R. Ellis , Kennicia Fortson , K. Nicole Mullican , Mary Larimer

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Abstract

Purpose

Heavy drinking is common on college campuses, and personalized normative feedback interventions (PFI) are commonly implemented to reduce heavy drinking behaviors. The current study tested the preliminary efficacy of a web-based PFI intervention, Web-BASICS (Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students), tailored for participant selection of their normative peer group to reduce descriptive drinking norms and alcohol use compared to a control condition.

Methods

College students (N = 248) were recruited to participate in a study on alcohol use. Participants were randomized to receive Tailored Web-BASICS or a control condition and were asked to complete a survey at baseline and three months post-intervention.

Results

Most participants (77 %; n = 97) assigned to receive Tailored Web-BASICS chose to have normative feedback tailored by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and university. Descriptive drinking norms mediated the effect of Tailored Web-BASICS on alcohol use. Those assigned to Tailored Web-BASICS had reductions in descriptive drinking norms, thereby reducing alcohol use at three months post-intervention relative to control.

Conclusion

Tailored Web-BASICS may be a useful strategy to reduce alcohol use for all college students, irrespective of identity. Future research is needed to assess the efficacy of this approach in a large randomized controlled trial.

Clinical trial.gov registration

NCT06776796

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针对大学生酒精使用的定制个性化规范反馈干预的先导随机对照试验

目的大学校园酗酒现象普遍存在，个性化规范反馈干预（PFI）是减少酗酒行为的常用手段。目前的研究测试了基于网络的PFI干预的初步效果，Web-BASICS（大学生简短酒精筛查和干预），为参与者选择规范的同伴群体量身定制，与对照条件相比，减少描述性饮酒规范和酒精使用。方法招募248名大学生参与酒精使用研究。参与者随机接受量身定制的Web-BASICS或对照条件，并被要求在基线和干预后三个月完成调查。结果大多数参与者（77%;n = 97）被分配接受定制的Web-BASICS，他们选择根据种族、民族、性别、性取向和大学进行规范的反馈。描述性饮酒规范介导了定制Web-BASICS对酒精使用的影响。那些被分配到量身定制的Web-BASICS的人在描述性饮酒规范方面有所减少，因此在干预后三个月的酒精使用量相对于对照组有所减少。结论量身定制的Web-BASICS可能是减少所有大学生饮酒的有效策略，无论其身份如何。未来的研究需要在一项大型随机对照试验中评估这种方法的有效性。临床试验。gov注册nct06776796

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Drug and alcohol dependence 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

409

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Drug and Alcohol Dependence is an international journal devoted to publishing original research, scholarly reviews, commentaries, and policy analyses in the area of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and dependence. Articles range from studies of the chemistry of substances of abuse, their actions at molecular and cellular sites, in vitro and in vivo investigations of their biochemical, pharmacological and behavioural actions, laboratory-based and clinical research in humans, substance abuse treatment and prevention research, and studies employing methods from epidemiology, sociology, and economics.