The efficacy of computerized alcohol intervention tailored to drinking motives among college students: a quasi-experimental pilot study.

Background: Although motivational processes may influence the intervention effects and help prevention programmes identify students at great risk for alcohol-related problems, no computerized alcohol intervention has yet to be tailored to drinking motives.

Objective: To describe the development and initial pilot testing of a computer-delivered intervention tailored to drinking motives, to prevent alcohol abuse and its adverse consequences among university students in general and among baseline hazardous drinkers specifically.

Methods: 124 college students attending a public university in northeastern Italy participated in this study in October of 2012 (89.