Brief intervention for prenatal alcohol use: The role of drinking goal selection

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• 作者：Grace Chang ; Tay K. McNamara ; E. John Orav and Louise Wilkins-Haug
• 关键词：Prenatal alcohol use ; Goal choice
• 刊名：Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：December 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：31
• 期：4
• 页码：419-424
• 全文大小：110 K

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The behavioral problems and cognitive deficits resulting from even small amounts of prenatal alcohol exposure can be significant and enduring but completely preventable. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a prenatal drinking goal selected during a brief intervention for 115 pregnant women and their partners on subsequent consumption. Higher proportions of women having their first pregnancy chose abstinence as a goal over drinking reduction. Goal selection was highly predictive of subsequent drinking behavior. Interestingly, the participants who were abstinent at enrollment and who chose to remain abstinent had the highest rates of abstinence. In contrast, the women who chose cutting down on drinking were the least likely to drink less subsequently, despite recognizing more situations putting them at risk for drinking and identifying more alternatives to consumption. We conclude that goal choice in behavioral self-management of alcohol use by pregnant women is critical.