will increase a student's readiness to change his or her drinking behaviors (Miller & Rollnick, 2002). Also, students will alter their perceptions about risk and peer use norms, as well as alcohol/drug expectancies (Dimeff et al., 1999). These changes will lead to reduced drinking, which, should reduce negative consequences of alcohol use. Therefore, when PFIs are presented within the context of a BMI, in which the counselor provides feedback in an empathetic, non-threatening, and nonjudgmental manner, it is expected that they will increase students’ readiness to change and help guide them through the change process. Recent reviews of individual-focused interventions have found that in-person interventions using motivational interviewing and personalized normative feedback are more efficacious than other types such as education-focused programs (see Carey, Scott-Sheldon, Carey, & DeMartini, 2007; Larimer & Cronce, 2007). White et al. (2007) also found that, over a long-term follow-up a PFI delivered with a BMI proved to be more efficacious in reducing risky drinking and related problems for mandated college students compared to a written PFI without a BMI.
