title: Using national alcohol screening day to deliver personalized feedback: a pilot study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA.
authors.forename: Amber M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Henslee
authors.forename: Jessica G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Irons
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Trisha A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Correia
mesh_terms: 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