Parent Based Interventions to Prevent Student Drinking

说明(申请人提供)：本研究是一项研究方案的进一步发展，该方案旨在通过实施有效的以家长为基础的干预措施，减少饮酒的开始和程度，并促进改变校园规范(基于Turrisi及其同事的工作，1999；2000；2001)。重点是通过在大学一年级期间与父母的干预来影响学生的饮酒行为。对话将在三种情况下进行：(1)在高中和大学之间的过渡期内(PCM)在大学入学之前，(2)在大学入学之前，然后在整个秋季学期中，由于助教父母“报到”(PCMB)，或(3)在大学第一学期秋季期间大学入学之后(AMC)。所有的努力将试图使学生对鼓励采用或继续大量饮酒行为的影响更具抵抗力，并减少这些行为。我们之前的研究已经提供了实证证据，证明了PCM的有效性，证明了它作为一种入学后干预措施的有效性。虽然已经有关于父母参与的有效性的正面报道(例如，Elliot，2000)，但在同行评议文献中几乎没有发表系统的理论驱动的研究来检验有效性，以探索在大学生中实施父母干预是否存在一个关键时期。这一空白，再加上越来越多的大学在入学前后试图让家长参与进来，都证明了系统性的实证努力。为此，目标可以概括如下：(1)调查和比较在入学前和在接受助剂的情况下与在入学后使用PBI时的疗效，(2)确定不同的PBI对哪些亚组更有效，(3)检查不同的PBI影响酒精使用和后果的中介过程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The present study is the further development of a program of research designed to reduce the onset and extent of drinking and contribute to the changing campus norms through implementation of efficacious Parent-Based Interventions (PBIs) based on the work of Turrisi and colleagues (1999; 2000; 2001). The focus is on influencing drinking behavior of the students through an intervention with their parents during their first year of college. The conversations will take place in one of three conditions; (1) prior to college matriculation during the transition period between high school and college (PCM), (2) Prior to college matriculation and then throughout the fall semester resulting from booster parent "check-ins" (PCMB), or (3) after college matriculation during the fall of the first semester at college (AMC). All efforts will attempt to make students more resistant to influences that encourage the adoption or continuation of heavy drinking behaviors and reduce these behaviors. Our prior research has provided empirical evidence demonstrating the efficacy of the PCM to warrant an examination of its efficacy as an after matriculation intervention. Although there have been positive reports of efficacy of involvement of parent efforts (e.g., Elliot, 2000), virtually no systematic theory-driven research examining efficacy has been published in the peer review literature exploring whether there is a critical period for implementing parent interventions with college students. This void, coupled with an increased number of universities seeking to involve parents before and after matriculation, argues for systematic empirical efforts. Toward this end the aims can be summarized as follows: (1) To investigate and compare the efficacy of PBIs when administered prior to matriculation versus prior to matriculation with boosters versus after matriculation, (2) To identify subgroups for whom the different PBIs are more effective versus less effective, and (3) To examine mediational processes by which the different PBIs influence alcohol use and consequences.