Fraternity and sorority normative feedback interventions

描述(由申请人提供)：这笔赠款建立在酒精和物质教育中心(案例)以前的经验和与弗吉尼亚大学(UVA)兄弟会和女生联谊会的现有密切关系的基础上。其目标是减少UVA兄弟会和女生联谊会3426名成员因饮酒而经历的负面后果的频率，这些成员占本科生总数的26%。具体的干预策略是小组社会规范介绍(NIAAA Tier 3战略)和基于网络调查的个性化、规范性反馈(NIAAA Tier 1战略)。这一设计包括两个阶段，涉及针对性别的规范性反馈的价值问题以及NIAAA第三级战略所增加的价值。 第一阶段的干预措施将在2005/06学年进行。按性别和管理委员会分层的兄弟会和联谊会分会将被随机分配到以下三种干预条件之一：仅限小团体社会规范(SGSN)、仅限在线个性化规范反馈(OPNF)和在线个性化规范反馈加小团体社会规范干预(组合)。所有实验条件将包括关于酒精消费模式、负面后果、保护行为以及与暴力和欺凌问题相关的态度和行为的规范信息。第二阶段的干预措施将在2006/07学年进行。在每个最初的干预条件下，联谊会和联谊会分会将被随机分配到以下两种情况之一：针对性别的反馈或性别中立的反馈。结果衡量标准来自两次全大学范围的年度健康调查和现有的有效工具。综合仪器将在每个学年的春季进行管理。这项研究提供了许多创新：识别和瞄准高危群体，而不是像几乎所有利用简短、个性化反馈的方案所做的那样识别高危个人；包括与暴力和欺凌相关的社会规范信息；测试增强策略以估计NIAAA第三级干预所增加的价值；提供针对性别的规范的价值的证据；以及评估调节变量(准备改变)对结果的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant builds on the Center for Alcohol and Substance Education's (CASE) previous experience and existing close relationships with University of Virginia (UVA) fraternities and sororities. The goal is to reduce the frequency of negative consequences related to alcohol use experienced by the 3,426 members of UVA's fraternities and sororities, who make up 26% of the undergraduate student population. The specific intervention strategies are small group social norm presentations (NIAAA Tier 3 strategy) and personalized, normative feedback from a web-based survey (NIAAA Tier 1 strategy). The design includes two phases and addresses the question of the value of gender-specific normative feedback as well as the value added by the NIAAA Tier 3 strategy. Phase 1 interventions will occur in the 2005/06 academic year. Fraternity and sorority chapters, stratified by sex and governing council, will be randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions: small group social norms only (SGSN), online personalized normative feedback only (OPNF), and online personalized normative feedback plus small group social norms intervention (COMBINED). All experimental conditions will include normative information on alcohol consumption patterns, negative consequences, protective behaviors, and attitudes and behaviors relevant to violence and hazing issues. Phase 2 interventions will occur in the 2006/07 academic year. Within each original intervention condition, fraternity and sorority chapters will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: gender-specific feedback or gender-neutral feedback. Outcome measures are derived from the two annual University-wide health surveys and existing validated instruments. The composite instrument will be administered in the spring of each academic year. This study offers a number of innovations by: identifying and targeting high-risk groups, instead of identifying high-risk individuals as nearly all programs utilizing brief, personalized feedback have done; including social norms information relevant to violence and hazing; testing an augmentation strategy to estimate the value added by a NIAAA Tier 3 intervention; providing evidence on the value of gender-specific norms; and assessing the effects of a moderator variable (readiness to change) on outcome.