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dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin S
dc.contributor.authorLonsdale, Adam
dc.contributor.authorChatzisarantis, Nikos LD
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-28T04:39:21Z
dc.date.available2018-06-28T04:39:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn1359-107X
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.2044-8287.2010.02011.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/171924
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Undergraduate students frequently exceed guideline limits for alcohol intake in a single session and are highly susceptible to associated health, social, and economic problems. Psychological theory suggests that interventions aimed at reducing alcohol consumption should target both motivational and volitional phases of action to be effective. This study reports an integrated theory-based intervention aimed at reducing undergraduates’ alcohol consumption in excess of guideline limits. Design: The study adopted a 2 (motivation: mental simulation vs. no mental simulation) × 2 (volitional: implementation intention vs. no implementation intention) randomized controlled design presented in an online format. Methods: Undergraduate students (N= 238; females, n= 133, M age = 20.11, SD= 2.09; males, n= 105, M age = 20.38, SD= 1.35) completed baseline psychological measures and self-reported alcohol consumption as units consumed and heavy episodic drinking occasions followed by the intervention manipulation (if any). One month later participants completed follow-up measures of the psychological variables and alcohol consumption. Results: Significant reductions in alcohol consumption were observed at follow-up. Participants receiving a mental simulation intervention reported significantly fewer units of alcohol consumed and heavy episodic drinking occasions. Among participants with high baseline alcohol consumption, participants in the combined mental simulation and implementation intention intervention group consumed significantly fewer units than other groups. Conclusion: Results support the use of these theory-based strategies to reduce alcohol drinking in excess of guideline limits among undergraduates. There was preliminary support for the interaction between the two strategies among heavier drinkers. Targeting both motivational and implemental phases of action poses a high probability for success in changing alcohol-related behaviour in this population.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom18
dc.relation.ispartofpageto43
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Health Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.titleA theory-based intervention to reduce alcohol drinking in excess of guideline limits among undergraduate students
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.rights.copyright© 2012 British Psychological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: A theory-based intervention to reduce alcohol drinking in excess of guideline limits among undergraduate students, British Journal of Health Psychology, Volume 17(1) pp. 18-43, 2012 which has been published in final form at 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2010.02011.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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