Using national alcohol screening day to deliver personalized feedback: a pilot study.
The current study tested the effectiveness of using National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) to deliver personalized feedback via mail. At-risk NASD participants were assigned to either personalized or generic feedback conditions and attended a 4-week follow-up. Results failed to find any group differences on alcohol-related variables. However, participants in the personalized group reported a reduction in the maximum number of drinks consumed on one occasion. The personalized group also had a more accurate view of the amount of alcohol their peers consumed. NASD is a vehicle to efficiently deliver feedback to individuals about their alcohol use; however, more research is needed to determine the types of feedback that would be most effective.
Henslee
Amber M
AM
Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA.
Irons
Jessica G
JG
Day
Jennifer M
JM
Butler
Leon
L
Benson
Trisha A
TA
Correia
Christopher J
CJ
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States