Reducing substance involvement in college students: A three-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial of a computer-based intervention

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-171

  Christoff, Adriana de Oliveira ^a   Boerngen Lacerda, Roseli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brief interventions; College students; Computer based interventions; Randomized controlled trial; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANNABIS USE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO USE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; COLLEGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; ALCOHOLISM; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922435160     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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