Live Interactive Group-Specific Normative Feedback Reduces Misperceptions and Drinking in College Students: A Randomized Cluster Trial

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-148

  LaBrie, Joseph W ^a   Hummer, Justin F ^a   Neighbors, Clayton ^b   Pedersen, Eric R ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol behavior; handheld keypads; intervention; misperceptions; normative feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 40749155310     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.1.141     Document Type: Article

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