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Online Intervention to Prevent Risky Behaviors During College Student Study Abroad Experiences

Award Number: R01AA025909
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Project Summary/Abstract The current project aims to broaden the reach of brief alcohol interventions to young adults at risk for heavy and problematic alcohol use abroad by testing an online intervention for study abroad students, an at-risk population currently lacking empirically-supported intervention. Although studying abroad represents an opportunity for cultural, personal, and academic growth that is experienced by over 304,000 U.S. students annually, students more than double their alcohol consumption while abroad, experience a host of consequences that can affect their time abroad and have damaging implications for themselves and their home institutions, and are at-risk for continued heavy drinking upon return home. Problematic drinking by study abroad students is a significant and unaddressed problem. Student affairs personnel working with study abroad students report that heavy drinking abroad is their biggest concern and they identify the lack of empirically-supported approaches for these students as a major unmet need. With increasing numbers of students enrolling in study abroad programs each year, and a growing concern about their high-risk behavior, there is a need to demonstrate support for preventive alcohol misuse programs for these students. Our pilot work with 343 students at one institution established preliminary efficacy for a personalized normative feedback (PNF) intervention targeting perceptions of alcohol use by other study abroad peers and local residents of one’s host country. Yet, heavier drinkers abroad warranted an additional intervention component based on the unique risks within the specific study abroad environment. In the pilot, students who received PNF enhanced with sojourner adjustment feedback (SAF) that promoted engagement with the cultural experience abroad and addressed difficulties adjusting to life in the foreign environment drank less and experienced fewer alcohol-related consequences abroad. In the proposed randomized controlled trial, we seek to apply updated research, theory, and feedback from students to enhance our intervention content and expand the testing of the combined PNF and SAF intervention to 1,200 participants from 35 universities and colleges in the U.S. We will compare students in the intervention condition to those in a control condition on drinking, consequences, and sexual risk outcomes, the latter of which are strikingly common among study abroad students and have the potential for lasting physical and psychological effects upon return home. This research represents an important step toward preventing problematic drinking for students entering into this period of known risk. This study has potential for great impact, as we will collaborate with the Forum on Education Abroad—a collaboration among 800 U.S. and foreign institutions—to disseminate findings and implement the intervention across multiple institutions in need of empirically-based pre-departure programs. Methodologies and intervention content tested in this study can lead to future research and programming with other groups of Americans in need of programs addressing drinking and other risky behaviors while abroad.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$12,641 )
2024	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	4	11/8/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$12,641
														Subtotal = -$12,641

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	002	4	1/5/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2023	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	4	11/18/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$230,540
2023	2019	THE RAND CORPORATION	1776 MAIN ST	SANTA MONICA	CA	90401	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	3	11/18/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$230,540
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	4	1/28/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$230,278
2022	2019	RAND CORP	1776 MAIN ST	SANTA MONICA	CA	90401	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	3	1/28/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$230,278
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $286,875 )
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	003	4	9/1/2020	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$230,278
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	4	7/2/2020	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$286,875
2020	2019	RAND CORPORATION, THE	1776 MAIN ST	SANTA MONICA	CA	90401	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	002	3	9/1/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$230,278
2020	2019	RAND CORPORATION, THE	1776 MAIN ST	SANTA MONICA	CA	90401	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	3	7/2/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $286,875

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $340,715 )
2019	2019	RAND CORPORATION, THE	1776 MAIN ST	SANTA MONICA	CA	90401	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	3	6/19/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$340,715
														Subtotal = $340,715

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $348,200 )
2018	2018	RAND CORPORATION, THE	1776 MAIN ST	SANTA MONICA	CA	90401	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	2	6/15/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$348,200
														Subtotal = $348,200

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $380,777 )
2017	2017	RAND CORPORATION, THE	1776 MAIN ST	SANTA MONICA	CA	90401	LOS ANGELES	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	1	8/4/2017	NEW	$380,777
														Subtotal = $380,777

Grand Total All Awards = $1,343,926

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Online Intervention to Prevent Risky Behaviors During College Student Study Abroad Experiences

Award Number: R01AA025909

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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