Philomena Mantella Copyright (c) 2012 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/pmantella Recent documents in Philomena Mantella en-us Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:24:28 PST 3600 Trial of the University Assistance Program for alcohol use among mandated students http://works.bepress.com/pmantella/1 http://works.bepress.com/pmantella/1 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:01:55 PDT Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a brief intervention for mandated students in the context of the University Assistance Program, a Student Assistance Program developed and modeled after workplace Employee Assistance Programs.

Method:
Participants were 265 (196 males and 69 females) judicially mandated college students enrolled in a large, urban university in the northeast United States. All participants were sanctioned by the university's judicial office for an alcohol- or drug-related violation. Participants were randomized to one of two intervention conditions (the University Assistance Program or services as usual) and were assessed at baseline and 3 and 6 months after intervention.

Results:
Growth curve analyses showed that, relative to services as usual, the University Assistance Program was more efficacious in reducing past-90-day weekday alcohol consumption and the number of alcohol-related consequences while increasing past-90-day use of protective behaviors and coping skills. No significant differences in growth trajectories were found between the two intervention conditions on past-90-day blood alcohol concentration, total alcohol consumption, or weekend consumption.

Conclusions:
The University Assistance Program may have a possible advantage over services as usual for mandated students.

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