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    An intervention to decrease heavy episodic drinking in college students: The effect of executive function training

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    Authors
    Black, N.
    Mullan, Barbara
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Black, N. and Mullan, B. 2015. An intervention to decrease heavy episodic drinking in college students: The effect of executive function training. Journal of American College Health. 63 (4): pp. 280-284.
    Source Title
    Journal of American College Health
    DOI
    10.1080/07448481.2014.990969
    ISSN
    0744-8481
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
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    This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of American College Health on /2015 available online at <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07448481.2014.990969">http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07448481.2014.990969</a>

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24269
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Objective: To develop and test a planning-ability, executive function (EF) intervention to reduce heavy episodic drinking (HED). Participants: Fifty-five heavy-drinking, first-year college students, recruited from May to October 2012. Methods: Participants were randomly allocated to an experimental or active control group and then completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption and demographic questions. Over 1 week, the experimental group completed 4 progressively harder planning tasks, whereas the control group completed 4 easier, consistent-difficulty planning tasks. Participants then recorded their daily alcohol consumption for 2 weeks. Results: As hypothesized, both mean and maximum per-occasion alcohol consumption was significantly reduced in the experimental group compared with the control group. There were no significant differences in frequency of HED. Conclusions: These results provide initial support for the use of a planning-ability intervention in decreasing per-occasion alcohol consumption. Future researchers can examine the mechanism of effect, the long-term efficacy, and the specific EFs involved in other aspects of alcohol consumption.

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