The college drinker's check-up: Outcomes of two randomized clinical trials of a computer-delivered intervention

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Hester, Reid K ^a   Delaney, Harold D ^b   Campbell, William ^b  

^a BEHAVIOR THERAPY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment reactivity; BMI; brief motivational intervention; CDI; computer based intervention; computer delivered intervention; heavy drinking college students; problem drinkers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLEGE DRINKER CHECK UP; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861473022     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024753     Document Type: Article

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