2011 Conferences

2011 NASPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Event Details

March 12 – 16, 2011
Philadelphia, PA
Conference website: http://www.naspa.org/conf/

Conference Presentations

Sexual Assault Beliefs and Attitudes of Freshmen College Students (Program ID-531) Tuesday, March 15, 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM,113 A - Convention Center

We collected survey data in 2009 from 65,454 first-year college students who completed the SexualAssaultEdu program in AlcoholEdu for College, an online alcohol education program. A comparison of pre- and post-intervention data showed that 71.3% of the students generally showed desirable changes in sexual assault-related beliefs and attitudes, while 28.7% showed undesirable changes. Subsequent analyses showed that students who showed undesirable changes reported far greater increases in alcohol use and negative drinking-related consequences. These findings have important implications for campus prevention programming. Analysis led by William DeJong, PhD, Executive Director of Research and Analysis, Outside The Classroom, Professor, Boston University School of Public Health. Presented by Todd Wyatt, Director of Research, Outside The Classroom; and Kimberley Timpf, Director of Prevention Practice Management, Outside The Classroom.

Systematic Methods for Evaluating the Efficacy of Campus Alcohol Prevention Programs (Program ID-981) Tuesday, March 15, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM, Grand Ballroom - Marriott

Professionals in the field of campus alcohol prevention must navigate the research literature relating to their work, particularly efficacy findings on alcohol prevention and intervention programming and policies. How do prevention professionals interpret findings from widely varying research studies that appear at odds? This presentation will illustrate the important differences in quality of research studies, unveiling a theory-based methodology for analyzing efficacy research findings and weighing them against those of other studies. Presented by Helen Stubbs, Senior Director of Partner Education, Outside The Classroom

The Impact of Parents’ Alcohol-Related Communication on Students (Program ID-1254) Tuesday, March 15, 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, 122 - Convention Center

Although many parents do not feel empowered to effectively communicate to their child about drinking, the current investigation suggests that parents who communicate assertive solutions to avoid drinking and model positive drinking behavior significantly decreases their child’s drinking and alcohol-related consequences. These findings also suggest that campus administrators can impact university-level drinking problems by engaging parents and supporting them in conveying effective alcohol-related messages to their college-aged children. Presented by Todd Wyatt, Director of Research, Outside The Classroom