TY - JOUR
T1 - College alcohol citations result in modest reductions in student drinking
AU - Hustad, John
AU - Eaton Short, Erica
AU - Borsari, Brian
AU - Barnett, Nancy P.
AU - O'Leary Tevyaw, Tracy
AU - Kahler, Christopher W.
N1 - Funding Information:
John Hustad is now at The Penn State College of Medicine. This work was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant T32-AA07459 to J.T.P Hustad and Grant R01-AA015518 to B. Borsari. The contents of this article do not represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - College students who are cited for violating campus alcohol policy are often fined or sanctioned to complete an intervention or public service. Although some interventions have been found efficacious for mandated students, it is possible that being cited for an alcohol-related incident alone may be sufficient to reduce alcohol consumption. The purpose of this study was to investigate the course of alcohol consumption patterns following a citation for an alcohol policy violation. Participants were college students (N = 445) who received a citation for a campus alcohol policy violation at a small northeastern liberal arts college. Participants completed a Timeline Follow-Back indicating their daily alcohol use 2 weeks prior to the citation through 2 weeks after the citation. Results indicated that participants decreased their alcohol use following a citation event. However, the reduction in alcohol consumption was modest, suggesting that the citation event itself has a very temporary influence on the drinking of college students. Additional research is needed to reconcile these findings with those from other studies that found a more meaningful citation effect.
AB - College students who are cited for violating campus alcohol policy are often fined or sanctioned to complete an intervention or public service. Although some interventions have been found efficacious for mandated students, it is possible that being cited for an alcohol-related incident alone may be sufficient to reduce alcohol consumption. The purpose of this study was to investigate the course of alcohol consumption patterns following a citation for an alcohol policy violation. Participants were college students (N = 445) who received a citation for a campus alcohol policy violation at a small northeastern liberal arts college. Participants completed a Timeline Follow-Back indicating their daily alcohol use 2 weeks prior to the citation through 2 weeks after the citation. Results indicated that participants decreased their alcohol use following a citation event. However, the reduction in alcohol consumption was modest, suggesting that the citation event itself has a very temporary influence on the drinking of college students. Additional research is needed to reconcile these findings with those from other studies that found a more meaningful citation effect.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 21193284
AN - SCOPUS:79952440246
SN - 0740-5472
VL - 40
SP - 281
EP - 286
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
IS - 3
ER -
