Brief Preventive Drinking Intervention for Study Abroad College Students

描述（由申请人提供）：众所周知，大学生酗酒是一个全国性的问题。已经设计了对学生的有效干预措施，以减少全球饮酒对个人和社区的负面影响（Carey等人，2007; Larimer & Cronce，2007）。然而，研究表明，在广泛的大学环境中，有风险增加的窗口，其中潜在的负面后果是明显的（邻居等人，2007年b）。此外，有人建议，一些学生群体可能比其他人更危险，对这些群体进行有针对性的干预可能是减少大学饮酒的整体影响的必要考虑因素（NIAAA，2002）。与出国留学（SA）的学生的初步研究文件增加和有问题的酒精使用在SA的经验。尽管每年SA学生的数量不断增加，SA项目人员对这种高风险事件的关注也越来越多，但只有很少的研究记录了这些学生的有效预防计划。因此，这项建议的广泛目标是检查简短的在线出发前酒精干预与SA学生的有效性，以防止在国外大量饮酒和有问题的。初步研究表明，对SA同伴饮酒的看法是在国外增加饮酒的风险因素。此外，与文化沉浸、适应困难少和积极参与东道国文化有关的因素（即，“临时文化适应（TA）”）防止大量和有问题的使用。因此，使用2x2的干预设计与评估只有控制条件，本研究旨在防止有问题的酒精使用，通过纠正误解SA学生规范，并通过简短的在线个性化反馈干预，促进TA到东道国文化。三个干预条件的个性化规范反馈（PNF），只有临时涵化反馈（TAP），并结合PNF + TAP将进行实证检验。干预措施将通过收集SA学生饮酒规范和TA组件从SA学生的初步样本。目前的项目旨在实现NIAAA的使命声明和战略规划目标，将酒精干预措施的范围扩大到有严重和有问题的酒精使用风险的目标群体，并解决缺乏经验支持的干预措施的风险人群中有问题的饮酒问题的公共卫生问题。该奖项还将有助于道德，方法和临床培训和发展一个有前途的新研究人员，以解决日益增长的需要经验支持有针对性的酒精干预与风险和多样化的大学生和年轻人。

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.