title: Identifying effective components of alcohol misuse prevention programs.
abstract: An experiment demonstrated the effectiveness of three familiar components of many programs for the prevention of alcohol misuse and alcoholism: the severity of the consequences of excessive drinking, an individual's personal vulnerability to these unpleasant consequences, and the effectiveness of moderate or responsible drinking in preventing these problems.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D013334:Students