Interventions to reduce college student drinking: State of the evidence for mechanisms of behavior change

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-224

  Reid, Allecia E ^a,b   Carey, Kate B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colby College   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol prevention; College students; Mechanisms of change; Mediation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXPECTANCY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MONITORING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COLLEGE DRINKING; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949546774     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.06.006     Document Type: Review

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