Objective: This study aims to explore the mechanisms of personality-targeted intervention
effects on problematic drinking, internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Method: As part of …

Objective: To examine the long-term effects of a personality-targeted intervention on drinking
quantity and frequency (QF), problem drinking, and personality-specific motivations for …

Background: Personality factors are implicated in the vulnerability to adolescent alcohol
misuse. This study examined whether providing personality‐targeted interventions in early …

Sensation seeking, anxiety sensitivity, and hopelessness are personality risk factors for
alcohol use disorders, each associated with specific risky drinking motives in adolescents …

OBJECTIVE: This trial examined the efficacy of teacher-delivered personality-targeted
interventions for alcohol-misuse over a 6-month period. METHOD: This randomized …

Context Selective interventions targeting personality risk are showing promise in the
prevention of problematic drinking behavior, but their effect on illicit drug use has yet to be …

Objective: This study examined the secondary mental health outcomes of two contrasting
alcohol prevention approaches, whereby one intervention targets common underlying …

Abstract Aim The effectiveness of Preventure was tested on drinking behaviour of young
adolescents in secondary education in the Netherlands. Design A cluster randomized …

Aim To explore whether specific groups of adolescents (ie, scoring high on personality risk
traits, having a lower education level, or being male) benefit more from the Preventure …

Background: Personality-targeted cognitive-behavioural interventions have been proven to
be effective in reducing alcohol-related behaviours in adolescents. Aims: As these …