Students returned approximately a week later and were randomly assigned (by a flip of a coin) to either a BMI condition (n = 180; 51.7%) or a written feedback only condition (WF, n = 168; 48.3%). Students in the BMI condition met individually with a counselor and discussed their written personal profile, which they were given to take home. The counselor provided feedback in an empathic, non-confrontational, and nonjudgmental style based on the principles of motivational interviewing (Miller & Rollnick, 2002). Students in the WF condition were handed their written profile and left without discussing it with their counselor. Intervention fidelity was assured in several ways. First, counselors were trained specifically in motivational interviewing techniques and received weekly supervision from the third author, a clinical psychologist with expertise in motivational interviewing techniques. Second, five BMI and two WF sessions for each counselor were audio-taped and were listened to by the supervising clinical psychologist, and feedback was provided back to the counselor. Third, the counselors completed a therapist checklist after each BMI session. The checklist consisted of the therapeutic tasks during
