GOALS

Project Name: GOALS – Goals and Options for Alcohol in Life and Sports
Principal Investigator: Robert Turrisi, Ph.D.
UW Subcontract PI: Mary E. Larimer, Ph.D.
Grant Title: Early Intervention to Prevent Student Binge Drinking
Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Project Period: 7/15/04 – 6/30/09
Grant Number: R01AA012529
Project Coordinator: Theresa Walter & Kim Hodge

A continuation study to further develop a novel program of research designed to reduce the onset and extent of drinking by students during their first year of college, through provisions of efficacious individually oriented interventions prior to college entrance.

Related Publications

  • Geisner, I. M., Grossbard, J.R., Tollison, S., & Larimer, M. E. (2012). Differences between athletes and non-athletes in risk and health behaviors in the transition from high school to college. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 21, 156-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2012.662433
  • Cleveland, M. J., Lanza, S. T., Ray, A. E., Turrisi, R., & Mallett, K. A. (2011). Transitions in first-year college student drinking behaviors: Does pre-college drinking moderate the effects of parent- and peer-based intervention components? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26, 440-450. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026130
  • Mallett, K.A., Marzell, M., & Turrisi, R. (2011). Is reducing drinking always the answer to reducing consequences in first year college students? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72, 240-246. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2011.72.240
  • Mallett, K.A., Turrisi, R., Ray, A.E., Stapleton, J., Abar, C., Mastroleo, N., Tollison, S., Grossbard, J., & Larimer, M.E. (2011). Do parents know best? Examining the relationship between parenting profiles, prevention efforts, and peak drinking in college students. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41, 2904–2927. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00860.x
  • Mallett, K. A., Ray, A. E., Turrisi, R., Belden, C., Bachrach, R. L. and Larimer, M. E. (2010). Age of drinking onset as a moderator of the efficacy of parent-based, brief motivational, and combined intervention approaches to reduce drinking and consequences among college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34, 1154–1161. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01192.x
  • Grossbard, J.R., Geisner, I.M., Mastroleo, N. Kilmer, J.R., Turrisi, R. & Larimer, M.E. (2009). Athletic identity, descriptive norms, and drinking among athletes transitioning to college. Addictive Behaviors, 34, 352-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.11.011
  • Turrisi, R., Larimer, M.E., Mallett, K.A., Kilmer, J.R., Ray, A.E., Mastroleo, N.R., Markman Geisner, I., Grossbard, J., Tollison, S., Lostutter, T. W., & Montoya, H. (2009). A randomized clinical trial evaluating a combined alcohol intervention for high-risk college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70, 555-567. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2009.70.555