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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Brief intervention"”.
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Gratitude and health: a brief intervention to reduce undergraduate stress
… or no-treatment control condition. The gratitude intervention did not have a significant impact on perceived stress. However, results provided further evidence that there is a relationship between gratitude and perceived stress. The impact of gender-role identity and trait gratitude was also …
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A Brief Intervention to Reduce Sugar Consumption on College Campuses
… highest consumers of sugar and SSB's. Previous interventions featuring either psychoeducation, implementation intentions, and corrected perceptions of peer sugar consumption (norms) have been successful in helping various populations engage in more healthful behaviors. Additionally, data from …
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Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Program in a University Health Service
… introduce and evaluate an alcohol screening and brief intervention program in a college health center in an effort to raise awareness, provide information, and offer strategies for cutting down on alcohol misuse to students who are at risk for hazardous drinking behaviors. This program …
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The Application of Mindfulness for Interpersonal Dependency: Effects of a Brief Intervention
This study examined the efficacy of a brief mindfulness intervention for alleviating the affective consequences of interpersonal dependency. Seventy undergraduate students with high trait dependency underwent a mood induction to exacerbate the core cognitive and affective features of interpersonal …
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A brief intervention to promote IUD use among women in Cape Town
… of this study was to test the effectiveness of a brief counselling intervention on the uptake of the IUD among women in Cape Town, South Africa. Part A of this dissertation (Protocol) is comprised of a proposal that was accepted by the University of Cape Town (UCT) Human Research Ethics Committee …
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Depression in underachieving gifted high school students and effects of a brief intervention strategy
… design was used to examine the effect of a brief intervention strategy in a single counseling session on Beck Hopelessness Scale scores, progress reported by teachers, and grade point averages. Various attribute variables were also considered. Results from a stepwise multiple regression …
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Screening and Brief Intervention for Hazardous Alcohol Use: A Pilot Study in a College Counseling Center
… wider implementation of empirically supported interventions in college settings. Despite strong evidence of the efficacy of brief interventions, no studies have examined the efficacy and feasibility of integrating a screening and brief intervention (SBI) into college mental health services. The …
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Enhancing Motivation to Change in Clients with Alcohol Use Disorders: Video Feedback as a Brief Intervention
… respective agencies or an experimental video intervention in addition to their regular treatment requirements. Participants were assessed at baseline and at one-month following treatment. Participants in both conditions self-reported significantly fewer alcohol-related problem behaviors at the …
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Enhancing Motivation to Change in Clients with Alcohol Use Disorders: Video Feedback as a Brief Intervention
… respective agencies or an experimental video intervention in addition to their regular treatment requirements. Participants were assessed at baseline and at one-month following treatment. Participants in both conditions self-reported significantly fewer alcohol-related problem behaviors at the …
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The Impact of Personalized Feedback on Marijuana Use: Examining a Brief Intervention Delivered via the Internet
… use yet do not seek treatment. Web-based interventions for problematic marijuana use represent a potentially cost-effective and highly accessible way to reach a large number of adults who are ambivalent about changing their marijuana use, or are concerned about seeking in-person counseling …
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Evidence-based screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment for substance-using adolescents with delinquent-type behaviours
… in Cape Town, South Africa. However, early interventions in developed countries for adolescents with similar problems are not available in many low and middle income countries, including South Africa. This is a concern as providing evidence-based interventions that address these dual …
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Development and Delivery of a Brief Intervention to Reduce Suicidal Ideation among Veterans in a Primary Care Setting
… and pressing public health concern. Available interventions often lack empirical support or are too protracted and expensive to implement on a wide scale. Primary care represents a unique opportunity with which to engage those Veterans who are experiencing suicidal ideation. However, Veterans …
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Behavioral Responses and Risk Detection in Sexual Encounters: A Study on the Effects of Social Anxiety and a Brief Intervention
Sexual victimization among college women is a common problem. This two-part study sought to examine social interaction anxiety as a risk factor of sexual victimization and to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a computer-based risk reduction program. A total of 1095 …
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Preventing alcohol abuse and alcohol-related negative consequences among freshmen college students: using emerging computer technology to deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of brief intervention efforts
… test the effectiveness of the ASTP and CD-ROM interventions in reducing alcohol abuse and the incidence of alcohol-related problems and increasing motivation to change alcohol use and alcohol-related knowledge among university freshmen class members as compared to a multiple assessment control …
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The impact of a single brief intervention versus multiple contact lifestyle intervention on change in body weight and modifiable cardio vascular risk factors in adults who have undertaken cardiovascular risk screening
… comparison study. All participants received the brief intervention at screening, baseline measurements of body mass index (BMI) and lipids. Participants with BMI ≥25kg/m² were eligible for HF2. Questionnaires were mailed after screening to assess general health, diet and activity. On return of …
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Beneath the Beauty: A Mixed Method Approach to Examining Identity Negotiation Among Asian Transracial Adoptees
… of the ATRA diaspora by efficacy testing a brief intervention, to demonstrate how media narratives can positively impact ATRA self-concept and self-esteem. Guided by the meaning-making model and communicated narrative sense-making theory (CNSM), this study uses a three-phase exploratory, …
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Goal setting and feedback in the reduction of heavy drinking in females
The present study evaluated a brief intervention targeting reduction of heavy drinking in college females. Within the context of this brief intervention outcome study Bandura’s (1986) model of self-regulation was tested. Seventy-six heavy drinking college females (minimum of four drinking occasions …
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Brief dynamic psychotherapy : an exploration of attitudes and practice among a group of local clinicians - some implications for training
This study explores brief dynamic psychotherapy as a model of intervention with the individual adult client. The rationale for examining this area emanated from a few aspects. Firstly, increasing numbers of research studies indicated that the median length of psychotherapy, whether in private …
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Prevalence of moderate and high risk substance use and service needs among psychiatric inpatients at Zomba Mental Hospital in Malawi
… The prevalence of moderate risk use, requiring brief intervention were tobacco 19.2 %, (95 % CI: 15.3-23.9 %), cannabis 9.9 %, (95 % CI: 7.1-13.7 %), alcohol 7.1 %, (95 % CI: 4.8-10.5 %), sedatives 1.2 %, (95 % CI: 0.4-3.3 %) and cocaine 0.6 %, (95 % CI: 0-2.4 %). High risk use requiring …
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