Facilitating Adolescent Self-Change for Alcohol Problems

Facilitating Adolescent Self-Change for Alcohol Problems

This present multi-site investigation compares a voluntary brief intervention for adolescent alcohol problems to an educational comparison condition. Measures are taken at intake and at 4 and 12 weeks post intake to determine effectiveness of the intervention to promote personal change efforts and arrest progression of alcohol problems. This study tests cognitive mechanisms of change and treatment characteristics and processes associated with youth self-regulation to reduce or stop hazardous drinking.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All 9th-12th graders at six schools from 3 sites across the country are eligible to participate, regardless of alcohol experience

Exclusion Criteria:

• exclusion prior to 9th grade and after 12th grade