Butler Leon H, Silvestri Mark M, Correia Christopher J
Department of Psychology, Auburn University.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2014 Jun;28(2):614-8. doi: 10.1037/a0036485.
Previous research suggests that personalized feedback interventions (PFI) can be an effective tool in reducing risky alcohol use among college students; however, little is known about how students perceive the individual components that are typically used during PFIs. In the current study, participants (N = 219, 63.5% female, 84% Caucasian, undergraduates enrolled in introductory psychology courses) reported their drinking behavior in the past month, and then immediately received a computerized PFI based on their self-reported alcohol use. The PFI was modeled from the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) approach and included 10 separate feedback components presented in random order. Participants provided acceptability ratings on each of the 10 components. Overall, participants found the PFI generally acceptable, with females rating the PFI as more acceptable than males, and binge drinkers (defined as 5 or more drinks on an occasion for males and 4 or more drinks for females) rating the PFI more acceptable than nonbinge drinkers. Differences in acceptability emerged across the 10 components, as participants rated the practical cost components (e.g., money spent on alcohol, calories consumed) as more acceptable than didactic information (e.g., impact of blood alcohol levels) and personal negative consequences. The results are similar to a previous study that examines student reactions to PFIs (Miller & Leffingwell, 2013). Overall, the findings suggest that college students prefer certain feedback components to others. Moreover, the findings indicate that future research is needed to examine the relationship between preferred components and treatment outcomes to determine which components are most effective for reducing risky drinking.
先前的研究表明，个性化反馈干预（PFI）可能是减少大学生危险饮酒行为的有效工具；然而，对于学生如何看待PFI中通常使用的各个组成部分，我们知之甚少。在本研究中，参与者（N = 219，63.5%为女性，84%为白种人，均为修读心理学入门课程的本科生）报告了他们过去一个月的饮酒行为，然后根据他们自我报告的饮酒情况立即接受了计算机化的PFI。PFI是根据大学生简短酒精筛查与干预（BASICS）方法构建的，包括以随机顺序呈现的10个独立反馈部分。参与者对这10个部分分别给出了可接受性评分。总体而言，参与者认为PFI总体上是可接受的，女性对PFI的可接受性评价高于男性，而暴饮者（定义为男性一次饮用5杯或更多酒，女性一次饮用4杯或更多酒）对PFI的可接受性评价高于非暴饮者。在这10个部分中出现了可接受性的差异，因为参与者对实际成本部分（如花在酒精上的钱、摄入的卡路里）的可接受性评价高于说教信息（如血液酒精水平的影响）和个人负面后果。这些结果与之前一项研究学生对PFI反应的研究（Miller & Leffingwell，2013）相似。总体而言，研究结果表明大学生更喜欢某些反馈部分而非其他部分。此外，研究结果表明未来需要进行研究以考察偏好部分与治疗结果之间的关系，从而确定哪些部分对于减少危险饮酒最为有效。
