title: A comparison of computer-assisted and self-management programs for reducing alcohol use among students in first year experience courses.
abstract: The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has called for the use of evidence-based approaches to address high-risk drinking prevalent on many college campuses. In line with this recommendation, the present study evaluated the efficacy of two evidence-based approaches to reducing alcohol use. One hundred and three college students in first-year experience courses were randomly assigned by class to participate in a computer-assisted online program (e-Chug Group), skills training program (Self-Management Group), or control condition (Exercise Group). The data indicate that heavier drinkers benefited from the e-Chug program, whereas lighter drinkers benefited from the self-management program. As such, colleges may yield more favorable results when forgoing a blanket approach to decreasing alcohol consumption in favor of matching students with an appropriate alcohol program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455, USA. DJ-Lane@wiu.edu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Dana F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Lindemann
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities