Citation

Trockel M, Wall A, Reis J. J. Drug Educ. 2002; 32(3): 179-193.

Affiliation

Department of Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 120 Huff Hall, MC-588, 1206 South Fourth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA. trockel@uiuc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12379050

Abstract

This article presents the results of an experiment designed to determine the impact of a group discussion about second-hand consequences of alcohol use on college students' intentions to consume alcohol. Participants were students enrolled in two large Community Health courses at a large Midwestern university (n = 184). After randomization of class sections into an intervention or a control group, intervention group students participated in a class discussion on the negative consequences college students experience as a result of other students' drinking behavior, prior to answering survey questions regarding their drinking behavior intent. Compared to controls who completed the questionnaire only, intervention group participants reported intent to limit themselves to fewer drinks per drinking occasion (p = .003) and fewer drinks per week (p = .004). The effects of the brief educational intervention were analyzed using structural equation modeling, to test the feasibility of a hypothesized intervention mechanism.

Language: en