A potential solution to reduce prevalence of excessive alcohol consumption among undergraduate students is the development and implementation of behavioral interventions based on social psychological theory and models of behavior change.
This study systematically reviewed research on behavioral interventions based on the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model to investigate specific intervention strategies that focus on information, motivation, and behavioral skills and to evaluate their effectiveness for people with chronic diseases.
This paper describes the design of informative system identification experiments for behavioral interventions based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT); prior work has shown that these can be expressed as MIMO dynamical systems.
Evidence supporting the efficacy of behavioral interventions based on principles of cognitive behavioral therapies has spurred interest in translating these interventions for delivery via the Internet.
To enhance efficacy on weight loss, which is not a primary outcome of BED treatment but a factor associated with consistent impairment and comorbidity, some evidences support the association of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments to behavioral interventions, based on weight and diet monitoring, and borrowed by general obesity management [ 35, 36, 38, 40, 47].
A psycho-behavioral intervention based on the empowerment approach in Hong Kong was shown to significantly impact on both physical and sexual intimate partner violence and poor pregnancy outcomes, as well as improve women's mental health [ 32].
The treatment conditions consisted of a group behavioral change intervention based on the transtheoretical model and social cognitive theory 22 (group), an armband alone condition (armband), and a combined group-based weight loss intervention and armband condition (group + armband).
CWD is a cognitive behavioral psychoeducative intervention based on the theory of depression and social learning [ 36], which aims at improving self-esteem, social skills, and management of depressive thoughts (skills in restructuring negative cognition).
A model on cognitive-behavioral group intervention, based on reattribution techniques, carried out through four group sessions by primary care nurses, together with the implementation of regulations on GCP, would be effective for improving quality of life of patients with MUS.
