Brief Preventive Drinking Intervention for Study Abroad College Students

描述(申请人提供)：众所周知，大学生酗酒是一个全国性的问题。对学生的有效干预旨在减少全球饮酒对个人和社区的负面影响(Carey等人，2007；Larmer&Cronce，2007)。然而，研究表明，在广泛的大学环境中，存在风险增加的窗口，在那里潜在的负面后果是明显的(Neighbors等人，2007b)。此外，有人建议，某些学生群体可能比其他群体更有风险，对这些群体进行有针对性的干预可能是减少大学饮酒总体影响的必要考虑(NIAAA，2002)。对留学(SA)学生的初步研究证明，在SA经历期间，酒精使用增加和有问题。尽管SA学生的数量每年都在增加，SA项目人员对这一高风险事件的担忧也越来越多，但关于这些学生的有效预防计划的研究却很少。因此，这项提议的广泛目标是检查对SA学生进行短暂的出发前在线酒精干预的有效性，以防止在国外大量和有问题的饮酒。初步研究表明，对SA同伴饮酒的看法是在国外增加饮酒的一个风险因素。此外，与文化沉浸、较少的适应困难和积极参与宿主文化(即“临时文化适应(TA)”)相关的因素可防止过度和有问题的使用。因此，本研究采用2x2干预设计，采用仅限评估的控制条件，试图通过纠正对SA学生规范的误解，并通过简短的在线个性化反馈干预，促进TA进入宿主文化，以防止有问题的酒精使用。本研究将对个性化规范反馈(PNF)、暂时文化适应反馈(TAP)以及PNF+TAP组合三种干预条件进行实证检验。干预措施将通过收集SA学生饮酒规范和SA学生初步样本中的TA成分来提供信息。目前的项目旨在实现NIAAA的使命声明和战略规划目标，将酒精干预措施的覆盖范围扩大到酗酒和有问题饮酒的目标群体，并解决缺乏经验支持的干预措施的高危人群中存在问题饮酒的公共卫生问题。该奖项还将有助于对一位有前途的新研究人员进行伦理、方法和临床培训和开发，以满足对高危和多样化的大学生和年轻人进行经验性支持的靶向酒精干预的日益增长的需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): It is well established that heavy drinking by college students is a national concern. Effective interventions with students have been designed to reduce the personal and communal negative effects of global drinking (Carey et al., 2007; Larimer & Cronce, 2007). However, research suggests that within the broad college environment are windows of increased risk where potential for negative consequences is pronounced (Neighbors et al., 2007b). In addition, it is suggested that some groups of students may be more at-risk than others and targeted Interventions with these groups may be a necessary consideration to reduce the overall Impact of college drinking (NIAAA, 2002). Preliminary research with study abroad (SA) students documents Increased and problematic alcohol use during SA experiences. Despite increasing numbers of SA students each year and a growing concern about this high-risk event among SA program personnel, there is sparse research available documenting effective preventive programs with these students. Thus, the broad objective of this proposal is to examine the efficacy of brief online pre-departure alcohol Interventions with SA students to prevent heavy and problematic drinking while abroad. Preliminary research suggests that perceptions of SA peer drinking are a risk factor for increased alcohol use while abroad. Additionally, factors associated with cultural immersion, few adjustment difficulties, and active participation in the host culture (i.e., a "temporary acculturation (TA)") protect against heavy and problematic use. Therefore, using a 2x2 intervention design with an assessment only control condition, the present study seeks to prevent problematic alcohol use by correcting misperceptions of SA student norms and by promoting TA into the host culture through brief online personalized feedback interventions. Three intervention conditions of personalized normative feedback (PNF) only, temporary acculturation feedback (TAP) only, and combined PNF + TAP will be empirically examined. Interventions will be informed by collection of SA student drinking norms and TA components from a preliminary sample of SA students. The current project aims to meet the mission statement and strategic planning goals of the NIAAA to broaden the reach of alcohol interventions to targeted groups at-risk for heavy and problematic alcohol use, as well as address the public health concern of problematic drinking among an at-risk population lacking empirically supported intervention. The award would also aid in the ethical, methodological, and clinical training and development of a promising new researcher to address the growing need for empirically supported targeted alcohol interventions with at-risk and diverse college students and young adults.