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Electronic Brief Personalised Feedback Interventions for Alcohol Use

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Developing and implementing effective measures to prevent and intervene with harmful alcohol use remains imperative if we are to reduce the global burden of alcohol-related harms and improve the lives of those affected. This chapter explores and appraises the effectiveness of electronic brief interventions that deliver personalised feedback. The ability of personalised feedback interventions to change behaviour, the challenges facing the field, and the possible mechanisms for change are considered. The chapter concludes with a discussion of future directions for research and implementation.

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  1. School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Bridgette M. Bewick

  2. Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Robert C. Dempsey

  3. Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK

    John McAlaney

  4. School of Social and Health Sciences, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, UK

    Helen F. Crosby

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  3. Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Dr. Emma Louise Davies

  4. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA

    Martin S. Hagger

  5. Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK

    Richard O. de Visser

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Bewick, B.M., Dempsey, R.C., McAlaney, J., Crosby, H.F. (2021). Electronic Brief Personalised Feedback Interventions for Alcohol Use. In: Cooke, R., Conroy, D., Davies, E.L., Hagger, M.S., de Visser, R.O. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Psychological Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66941-6_20

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