Prime For Life Publications & Presentations

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Methods for quantifying the clinical significance of change during intervention program participation (Evaluation in the Health Professions, 2016) (Online abstract) (Summary of article - PDF)
• Operating under the influence: Three year recidivism rates for motivation-enhancing versus standard care programs (Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2015)
• Short-term outcomes of a motivation-enhancing approach to DUI intervention (Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2012) 
• Reports of past alcohol and drug use following participation in a motivation enhancing intervention: Implications for clinical assessment and program evaluation (Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, & Policy, 2012)
• A comparison of two measures of low response to alcohol among heavy drinking male college students: Implications for indicated prevention (Prevention Science, 2002) (Online abstract)
• Alcohol Education in Schools: Toward a Lifestyle Risk-Reduction Approach (Journal of School Health, 1984)

Conference Presentations

• Characteristics of young adult impaired driving offenders and response to indicated prevention (Society for Prevention Research, 2013) (PDF 284 KB)
• Latent transition analysis versus traditional methods for assessing clinical significance (Society for Prevention Research, 2013) (PDF 379 KB)
• Recidivism rates for a motivation-enhancing intervention versus other or no program (Utah Fall Substance Abuse Conference, 2012) (PDF 329 KB)
• Operating under the influence offenders: Three year recidivism rates for a motivation-enhancing intervention versus an alternative program (Research Society on Alcoholism, 2012) (PDF 489 KB)
• Short-term outcomes for indicated prevention in a DUI population: Comparison of Prime For Life with another non-confrontational program (Research Society on Alcoholism, 2010) (PDF 140 KB)