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- ItemA brief live interactive normative group intervention using wireless keypads to reduce drinking and alcohol consequences in college student athletes.(2009-03-26) LaBrie, Joseph W; Hummer, Justin F; Huchting, Karen K; Neighbors, ClaytonINTRODUCTION AND AIMS Misperceptions of how members of one s social group think and act influence behaviour The current study was designed to extend the research of group specific normative feedback interventions among salient campus groups with heightened risk Although not a randomised controlled trial this research used normative feedback that was obtained using wireless keypad technology during a live session within sex specific student athlete groups to extend the proof of concept of using this brief interactive intervention DESIGN AND METHODS Participants included 660 intercollegiate athletes from all varsity athletic teams at two private mid size universities Intervention data were gathered in vivo using computerised handheld keypads into which group members entered in personal responses to a series of alcohol related questions These questions assessed perceptions of normative group behaviour and attitudes as well as actual individual behaviour and attitudes These data were then immediately presented back in graphical form to illustrate discrepancies between perceived and actual group norms RESULTS Results revealed that at 1 month post intervention perceived group norms behaviour attitudes and consequences reduced compared with baseline These reductions were maintained at 2 month follow up Latent growth modelling suggested that the reductions in perceived norms and attitudes were associated with reductions in individual drinking behaviour and negative consequences DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS These results are among the first to suggest the effectiveness of a novel group based normative alcohol intervention among student athletes Limitations of the design preclude strong inferences about efficacy however the findings support further trialling of such information technology in alcohol treatment research
- ItemUse of mobile devices to answer online surveys: implications for research.(2013-07-11) Cunningham, John A; Neighbors, Clayton; Bertholet, Nicolas; Hendershot, Christian SBACKGROUND There is a growing use of mobile devices to access the Internet We examined whether participants who used a mobile device to access a brief online survey were quicker to respond to the survey but also less likely to complete it than participants using a traditional web browser FINDINGS Using data from a recently completed online intervention trial we found that participants using mobile devices were quicker to access the survey but less likely to complete it compared to participants using a traditional web browser More concerning mobile device users were also less likely to respond to a request to complete a six week follow up survey compared to those using traditional web browsers CONCLUSIONS With roughly a third of participants using mobile devices to answer an online survey in this study the impact of mobile device usage on survey completion rates is a concern TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials gov NCT01521078