An International Comparison of a Web-Based Personalized Feedback Intervention for Alcohol use During the Transition out of High School in the United States and Sweden

Mary E. Larimer, Katie Witkiewitz, Frank J. Schwebel, Christine M. Lee, Melissa A. Lewis, Jason R. Kilmer, Claes Andersson, Kent Johnsson, Tiara Dillworth, Nicole Fossos-Wong, Timothy Pace, Véronique S. Grazioli, Mats Berglund

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Abstract

Young adult drinkers engage in a range of drinking patterns from abstaining to heavy drinking in both the United States and Sweden. Heavy drinking during young adulthood in both countries is associated with a variety of negative consequences. Personalized feedback interventions have been identified as effective prevention strategies to prevent or reduce heavy drinking in the United States. This study examined transitions in drinking profiles and compared the efficacy of a personalized feedback intervention for 3965 young adults in the United States (1,735) and Sweden (2230) during their transition out of high school. Using goodness-of-fit criteria, results indicated that three drinking profiles exist among young adults transitioning out of high school: very low drinkers/abstainers, moderate to heavy drinkers, and very heavy drinkers. Latent Markov models revealed a moderating effect of country on personalized feedback intervention such that intervention condition participants in the United States were more likely to belong to the light drinker/abstainer or moderate to heavy profile relative to the very heavy drinking profile at 6-month follow-up. There was no significant effect of personalized feedback intervention in Sweden. Future research could investigate the impact of when personalized feedback interventions are administered and could examine if personalized feedback interventions should be more intentionally culturally adapted in order to be more effective.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)670-682
Number of pages13
JournalPrevention Science
Volume22
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2021

Keywords

  • Alcohol
  • High school
  • International comparison
  • Personalized feedback intervention
  • Prevention

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