Citation

Cronce JM, Bittinger JN, Liu J, Kilmer JR. Alcohol Res. 2014; 36(1): 47-62.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Division of Student Life, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (USA))

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26259000

Abstract

Alcohol consumption is prevalent among college students and can be associated with serious negative consequences. Several efficacious programs using one-on-one brief intervention techniques have been developed to target high-risk drinking by individual students, such as the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) (Dimeff et al. 1999). To reach a larger population (e.g., the incoming freshman class), researchers have adapted these interventions so that students can access them via the Internet or in some other elec-tronic format.The purpose of this review is to discuss specific alcohol intervention programs that were (1) designed to be delivered remotely (e.g., via the Web or on an electronic device) without interaction with a provider and (2) were tested among college students using a randomized controlled trial design. Specific studies were drawn from earlier reviews as well as a comprehensive literature search. Although many programs have limited research support, and some findings are mixed, components that were directly translated from in-person BASICS to remote-delivery mediums (i.e., personalized feedback interventions [PFIs], personalized normative feedback [PNF] interventions), and broader programs that incorporate PFI/ PNF, show promise in reducing alcohol use and/or negative consequences. However, more research is needed and sugges-tions for how the field can move these interventions forward are discussed.

Language: en