Personalised Normative Feedback for Preventing Alcohol Misuse in University Students: Solomon Three-Group Randomised Controlled Trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Moreira, Maria T ^a   Oskrochi, Reza ^b   Foxcroft, David R ^b  

^a Inst Sup de Saude do Alto Ave   (Portugal)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PERSONALIZED NORMATIVE FEEDBACK; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866314639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044120     Document Type: Article

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