title: A text message program as a booster to in-person brief interventions for mandated college students to prevent weekend binge drinking.
abstract: To evaluate a text message (SMS) program as a booster to an in-person alcohol intervention with mandated college students.
  
  
  
  Undergraduates (N = 224; 46% female) who violated an on-campus alcohol policy over a 2-semester period in 2014.
  
  
  
  The SMS program sent drinking-related queries each Thursday and Sunday and provided tailored feedback for 6 weeks. Response rates to SMS drinking-related queries and the associations between weekend drinking plans, drinking-limit goal commitment, and alcohol consumption were examined. Gender differences were explored.
  
  
  
  Ninety percent of SMS queries were completed. Weekend binge drinking decreased over 6 weeks, and drinking-limit goal commitment was associated with less alcohol consumption. Compared with women, men had greater reductions in alcohol consumption when they committed to a drinking-limit goal.
  
  
  
  Preliminary evidence suggests that an SMS program could be useful as a booster for helping mandated students reduce weekend binge drinking.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Emergency Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suffoletto
authors.affiliation: b Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: a Department of Emergency Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kristan
authors.affiliation: d Student Health Services, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vanek
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Duncan B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students; D060145:Text Messaging; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alcohol; college student; mandated; text message