Tertiary Health Research Intervention Via Email (THRIVE; Kypri et al., 2009), originally utilized with Australian students, is unique in that it contains efficacious components derived from motivational interviewing (e.g., personalized feedback) and cognitive behavioral therapy (protective behavioral strategies), yet is very brief and has established efficacy. This study aims to test versions of THRIVE tailored to American college students. In addition to replicating original results with THRIVE, we will also test versions containing unique subsets of protective behavioral strategies to reduce alcohol consumption. The primary hypothesis is that versions of THRIVE will be associated with lower overall alcohol consumption than an assessment and brief brochure control condition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
207
THRIVE stands for (Tertiary Health Research Intervention Via Email). Participants complete questions related to demographics and their alcohol use and receive brief personalized feedback based on this information, in addition to protective behavioral strategies, facts about alcohol and information about available resources to reduce their alcohol use.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Frequency of alcohol use
Time frame: 1-month post-intervention
Protective behavioral strategy use
Time frame: 1-month post-intervention
Overall Weekly Alcohol Consumption
Time frame: 1-month post-intervention
Frequency of heavy drinking days
Time frame: 1-month post-intervention
Frequency of alcohol use
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention
Overall weekly alcohol consumption
Time frame: 6-months post-intervention
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