Dylan K Richards1, Matthew R Pearson2, Osvaldo F Morera3, Craig A Field4. 1. Latino Alcohol and Health Disparities Research and Training Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. Electronic address: dkrichards2@utep.edu. 2. Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, 2650 Yale Boulevard Southeast MSC11-6280, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA. 3. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. 4. Latino Alcohol and Health Disparities Research and Training Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Alcohol protective behavioral strategies (PBS) have been proposed as mechanisms of change underlying interventions for reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Few studies have examined PBS use among non-college student populations and no study has examined PBS use among adult injured patients. The current study tested types of PBS as mediators of the effects of a brief motivational intervention (BMI) delivered in the trauma care setting on alcohol-related problems. METHOD: Secondary data analyses were conducted using data from a multisite randomized controlled trial of brief intervention in the trauma care setting. The current study used data from a subset of participants who reported having consumed alcohol at least once at 3-month follow-up (N = 324). Following a baseline assessment, participants were assigned to either brief advice (BA; n = 107), BMI (n = 119), or BMI with a telephone booster (BMI + B; n = 98). Participants completed measures of PBS at 3-month follow-up and of alcohol-related problems at baseline and 6-month follow-up. A multiple mediation model was conducted to simultaneously test the mediation effects of types of PBS. RESULTS: BMI and BMI + B relative to BA did not increase PBS use. However, more frequent use of certain types of PBS at 3-month follow-up were predictors of greater reductions in alcohol-related problems from baseline to 6-month follow-up. There were no statistically significant mediation effects. CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that PBS use reduces alcohol-related problems among trauma patients and implications for future studies are discussed.
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BACKGROUND:Alcohol protective behavioral strategies (PBS) have been proposed as mechanisms of change underlying interventions for reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Few studies have examined PBS use among non-college student populations and no study has examined PBS use among adult injured patients. The current study tested types of PBS as mediators of the effects of a brief motivational intervention (BMI) delivered in the trauma care setting on alcohol-related problems. METHOD: Secondary data analyses were conducted using data from a multisite randomized controlled trial of brief intervention in the trauma care setting. The current study used data from a subset of participants who reported having consumed alcohol at least once at 3-month follow-up (N = 324). Following a baseline assessment, participants were assigned to either brief advice (BA; n = 107), BMI (n = 119), or BMI with a telephone booster (BMI + B; n = 98). Participants completed measures of PBS at 3-month follow-up and of alcohol-related problems at baseline and 6-month follow-up. A multiple mediation model was conducted to simultaneously test the mediation effects of types of PBS. RESULTS: BMI and BMI + B relative to BA did not increase PBS use. However, more frequent use of certain types of PBS at 3-month follow-up were predictors of greater reductions in alcohol-related problems from baseline to 6-month follow-up. There were no statistically significant mediation effects. CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that PBS use reduces alcohol-related problems among traumapatients and implications for future studies are discussed.
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