%0 Journal Article
%T Randomized trial comparing computer-delivered and face-to-face personalized feedback interventions for high-risk drinking among college students
%J Journal of substance abuse treatment
%D 2012
%A Wagener, Theodore L.
%A Leffingwell, Thad R.
%A Mignogna, Joe
%A Mignogna, Melissa R.
%A Weaver, Cameron C.
%A Cooney, Nathaniel J.
%A Claborn, Kasey R.
%V 43
%N 2
%P 260-267
%X This study evaluated the efficacy of two brief personalized feedback interventions (PFIs) using identical feedback and motivational interviewing strategies aimed at reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems to two control conditions among a sample of high-risk drinking college students. Students (N = 152) were randomly assigned to a computer-delivered PFI with a video interviewer, a face-to-face PFI with a live interviewer, a comprehensive assessment condition, or a minimal assessment-only condition. At 10 weeks posttreatment, the face-to-face PFI significantly reduced weekly drinking quantity and peak and typical blood alcohol concentration compared with the comprehensive assessment and minimal assessment-only conditions (d values ranged from 0.32 to 0.61). No significant between-group differences were evidenced for the computer-delivered PFI condition, although effect sizes were comparable to other college drinking studies using computer-delivered interventions (d values ranged from 0.20 to 0.27). Results provide further support for the use of a face-to-face PFI to help reduce college students' alcohol consumption and suggest that a video interviewer in the context of a computer-delivered PFI is likely a helpful but not necessarily a complete substitute for a live interviewer.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0740-5472
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2011.11.001