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Cognitive-Affective Change Mechanisms in Personalized Normative Feedback via the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations Paradigm

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  • Justin F. Hummer

    (Behavioral & Policy Sciences, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA)

  • Melissa R. Hatch

    (Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI 02903, USA)

  • Gerald C. Davison

    (Laboratory for Cognitive Studies in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA)

Abstract

The research explored explanatory mechanisms of change for a personalized normative feedback (PNF) intervention, through an adapted application of the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situation (ATSS) cognitive think-aloud paradigm. A sample of 70 (51% female) U.S. adjudicated students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a PNF-ATSS condition, a PNF-Only condition (without ATSS), and an active Control+ATSS condition which received psychoeducation about alcohol use. Students in both the PNF-Only and PNF-ATSS conditions reported significant reductions in their misperceived peer drinking norms and alcohol-related consequences at the 30-day follow-up, relative to students in the control condition. Participants in the PNF-ATSS condition drank significantly fewer drinks per week at follow-up than participants in the PNF-Only condition, but not less than participants in the control condition. Significant indirect effects were found for the ATSS codes of participants’ neutrality and believability toward PNF content. This study presents a proof of concept for an adapted ATSS think-aloud methodology as a clinical science intervention tool to specify the cognitive-affective processes of change linked to complex intervention for particular problems, persons, and contexts.

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  • Justin F. Hummer & Melissa R. Hatch & Gerald C. Davison, 2020. "Cognitive-Affective Change Mechanisms in Personalized Normative Feedback via the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations Paradigm," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-25, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:3:p:690-:d:311555
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    1. Keri B Dotson & Michael E Dunn & Clint A Bowers, 2015. "Stand-Alone Personalized Normative Feedback for College Student Drinkers: A Meta-Analytic Review, 2004 to 2014," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(10), pages 1-17, October.
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