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. 2015 Sep 28;76(5):700–709. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.700

Table 2.

Intervention elements by condition for each study

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BMI Study 1
Study 2
Study 3
Alcohol 101 Plus BMI Assessment only Descriptive norms BMI PBS BMI Alcohol education
Discussion of college and career goals Video depicting potential negative outcomes associated with drinking Personalized feedback: Completed assessment measures at baseline and follow-up Personalized feedback: Personalized feedback: Didactic presentation:
Decisional balance BAC feedback  Normative quantity/frequency of drinking  Self-reported alcohol use  PBS used in the past 2 weeks  How alcohol enters the bloodstream, effects of alcohol on the brain and other parts of the body (e.g., heart, kidney)
Personalized feedback: Educational information about the risks associated with alcohol use  Estimated BAC and risks associated with peak BAC  Perceptions of alcohol use of typical students vs. actual alcohol use of typical students  PBS that they had used “rarely” or “never” in the past 2 weeks  Received a handout
 Review of the student’s weekly drinking pattern  Alcohol-related consequences  Percentile rank based on drinks per week
 Social norms information  Strategies for low-risk drinking
 Estimated BAC and risks associated with peak BAC  Influence of setting on drinking Alcohol expectancies
 Alcohol-related consequences and risk behavior
 Calories per week from alcohol
 Financial costs of alcohol
 Strategies for low-risk drinking