Adapting a Secondary Prevention Program for Nonstudent Emerging Adult Drinkers
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking
- Sponsor
- Old Dominion University
- Enrollment
- 164
- Primary Endpoint
- Alcohol use quantity
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Emerging adulthood is a period of heightened vulnerability for problematic alcohol use. Considerable research has been devoted to reducing alcohol risks in college student populations, though far less effort has focused on their noncollege-attending peers. Research targeting nonstudent emerging adults is critical as this group is at risk for experiencing alcohol-related harms. Consequently, the main objective of the present study was to examine the preliminary efficacy of a brief personalized feedback intervention (PFI) tailored for nonstudent at-risk drinkers.
Investigators
Cathy Barraco
Associate Professor
Old Dominion University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Study eligibility included being 18 to 25 years old, having no prior or current college attendance (e.g., technical/vocational programs, associate's degree programs, or four year college programs), and not being currently enrolled in high school. High school completion was not a required eligibility criteria. They also had to report engaging in a minimum of two heavy drinking episodes (i.e., 4/5+ standard drinks for women/men on one occasion) in the past month
Exclusion Criteria
- •Exclusion criteria included consumption above 40 drinks weekly and/or a history of substance use treatment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Alcohol use quantity
Time Frame: 9 months
Alcohol consumption was assessed using the Daily Drinking Questionnaire (DDQ; Collins et al., 1985). Participants reported the number of standard drinks (e.g., 12-ounce beer, 5-ounce wine, or 1.5 ounce liquor) consumed and duration each day during a typical week in the past 3 months. Indices of weekly drinking derived from the DDQ were: total quantity, frequency of drinking days, number of heavy drinking days (days where 4/5+ drinks for women/men were consumed), proportion of heavy drinking days out of total drinking days, maximum number of drinks on the heaviest drinking day, and typical blood alcohol concentration (BAC; see Matthews \& Miller, 1979).
Alcohol-related harms
Time Frame: 9 months
Alcohol-related problems were measured by the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ; Kahler et al., 2005). The B-YAACQ is a 24-item, yes-no format questionnaire assessing negative drinking-related consequences experienced during the past month. Items were summed to create an overall score (ranging from 0 to 24), with higher scores indicating greater severity.