Participant Satisfaction with Computer-Delivered Intervention Components and Its Relation to Alcohol Outcomes. (28th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fodor, Marina C.; Grekin, Emily R.; Beatty, Jessica R.; McGoron, Lucy; Ondersma, Steven J.
• Is Part Of: Substance use & misuse. Volume 55:Number 14(2020)
• Page Start: 2332
• Page End: 2340
• Publication Date: 2020-08-28
• Subjects: Alcohol -- brief intervention -- motivational interviewing -- relational factors -- participant satisfaction -- e-intervention; Narcotic habit -- Periodicals; Alcoholism -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Behavior, Addictive -- Periodicals; Sustance-Related Disorders -- Periodicals; 362.2905
• DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1811343
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1082-6084

Abstract

Abstract: Background: Few computer-delivered brief intervention (CDBI) studies have evaluated participant satisfaction with individual elements of the intervention, or whether participant satisfaction impacts intervention outcomes. Purpose: This factorial trial examined whether subjective reactions to a CDBI for heavy drinking (1) varied depending on the presence versus absence of an animated narrator, a spoken voice, empathic reflections, and motivational interviewing (MI) strategies and (2) were associated with drinking outcomes at 3-month follow-up. Methods: Participants were 352 heavy drinking university students. All participants were randomly assigned to one of 16 versions of a CDBI. After finishing the CDBI, participants completed measures of intervention likability and perceived empathy. Alcohol use outcomes were assessed at 3-month follow-up. Results: CDBI characteristics had minimal effects on participant ratings of likeability and perceived empathy. However, higher likeability ratings were associated with decreases in alcohol use outcomes over the 3-month assessment period. Conclusions: Results indicate that subjective reactions to CDBIs can have important effects on alcohol use outcomes.