Online Intervention to Prevent Risky Behaviors During College Student Study Abroad Experiences

预防大学生留学过程中危险行为的在线干预

• 批准号: 9361561
• 负责人: Eric R. Pedersen
• 金额: $ 38.08万
• 依托单位: RAND CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-05 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9361561
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Project Summary/Abstract The current project aims to broaden the reach of brief alcohol interventions to young adults at risk for heavy and problematic alcohol use abroad by testing an online intervention for study abroad students, an at-risk population currently lacking empirically-supported intervention. Although studying abroad represents an opportunity for cultural, personal, and academic growth that is experienced by over 304,000 U.S. students annually, students more than double their alcohol consumption while abroad, experience a host of consequences that can affect their time abroad and have damaging implications for themselves and their home institutions, and are at-risk for continued heavy drinking upon return home. Problematic drinking by study abroad students is a significant and unaddressed problem. Student affairs personnel working with study abroad students report that heavy drinking abroad is their biggest concern and they identify the lack of empirically-supported approaches for these students as a major unmet need. With increasing numbers of students enrolling in study abroad programs each year, and a growing concern about their high-risk behavior, there is a need to demonstrate support for preventive alcohol misuse programs for these students. Our pilot work with 343 students at one institution established preliminary efficacy for a personalized normative feedback (PNF) intervention targeting perceptions of alcohol use by other study abroad peers and local residents of one’s host country. Yet, heavier drinkers abroad warranted an additional intervention component based on the unique risks within the specific study abroad environment. In the pilot, students who received PNF enhanced with sojourner adjustment feedback (SAF) that promoted engagement with the cultural experience abroad and addressed difficulties adjusting to life in the foreign environment drank less and experienced fewer alcohol-related consequences abroad. In the proposed randomized controlled trial, we seek to apply updated research, theory, and feedback from students to enhance our intervention content and expand the testing of the combined PNF and SAF intervention to 1,200 participants from 35 universities and colleges in the U.S. We will compare students in the intervention condition to those in a control condition on drinking, consequences, and sexual risk outcomes, the latter of which are strikingly common among study abroad students and have the potential for lasting physical and psychological effects upon return home. This research represents an important step toward preventing problematic drinking for students entering into this period of known risk. This study has potential for great impact, as we will collaborate with the Forum on Education Abroad—a collaboration among 800 U.S. and foreign institutions—to disseminate findings and implement the intervention across multiple institutions in need of empirically-based pre-departure programs. Methodologies and intervention content tested in this study can lead to future research and programming with other groups of Americans in need of programs addressing drinking and other risky behaviors while abroad.

项目概要/摘要 当前的项目旨在扩大对有严重酗酒风险的年轻人的短期酒精干预的范围。 通过测试针对留学学生的在线干预措施，解决海外酗酒问题，这是一个高危人群 尽管出国留学代表了一种目前缺乏经验支持的干预措施的人群。 超过 304,000 名美国学生经历了文化、个人和学术成长的机会 每年，学生在国外的饮酒量增加一倍以上，经历许多 可能影响他们在国外的时间并对他们自己和他们的家庭产生破坏性影响的后果 研究表明，他们回家后有继续酗酒的风险。 海外学生是学生事务人员与学习工作中一个重大且尚未解决的问题。 留学生表示，在国外酗酒是他们最担心的问题，他们发现缺乏 随着数量的增加，这些学生的主要未满足需求得到了经验支持的方法。 每年都有学生参加出国留学项目，人们越来越担心他们的高风险行为， 有必要证明我们对这些学生滥用预防性酒精计划的支持。 与一所机构的 343 名学生合作，建立了个性化规范的初步效果 反馈（PNF）干预措施针对其他出国留学的同伴和当地人对饮酒的看法 然而，国外的酗酒者需要额外的干预措施。 基于特定留学环境中的独特风险，在试点中接受的学生。 PNF 通过旅居者调整反馈 (SAF) 得到增强，促进了文化参与 出国经历，解决困难，适应国外环境生活，少喝酒，多喝水 在拟议的随机对照试验中，我们寻求在国外经历较少的酒精相关后果。 应用最新的研究、理论和学生的反馈来增强我们的干预内容和 将 PNF 和 SAF 联合干预的测试范围扩大到来自 35 所大学的 1,200 名参与者 我们将在美国的大学中将干预条件下的学生与控制条件下的学生进行比较 饮酒、后果和性风险结果，后者在研究中非常常见 留学生回国后可能会对身体和心理产生持久的影响。 研究代表了防止学生饮酒问题的重要一步 这项研究有可能产生巨大影响，因为我们将与论坛合作 Education Abroad——800 个美国和外国机构之间的合作——传播研究结果并 在需要基于经验的出发前计划的多个机构中实施干预。 本研究中的方法和干预测试内容可以引导未来的研究和规划 其他需要解决国外饮酒和其他危险行为问题的美国人群体。