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Alcohol Early Intervention for Freshmen

NCT ID: NCT00852033

Last Updated: 2009-02-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1014 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-01-31

Study Completion Date

2009-07-31

Brief Summary

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Alcohol abuse among college students is a significant and long-standing public health issue. The transition into college is marked by substantial increases in alcohol abuse and problems, suggesting the importance of interventions that take place prior to and immediately following matriculation. To date, early interventions with this population have yielded modest results with very little evidence identifying either the factors that are responsible for observed effects or specific individual or situational factors that qualify intervention efficacy. There is preliminary evidence for the efficacy of individualized feedback (IF) in reducing college student alcohol abuse. Additionally, a sizeable body of research with early adolescents and emerging work with college students point to the utility of parent-based interventions (PBI). The major aim of this research is to provide the first test of the unique and combined efficacy of these two successful interventions in reducing alcohol abuse among matriculating college students.

Detailed Description

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Using a 2 X 2 IF (yes; no) X PBI (yes; no) factorial design, this study will determine whether IF and PBI with "boosters" are effective in reducing alcohol abuse among incoming college students. It is hypothesized that groups receiving IF and PBI will demonstrate lower levels of alcohol abuse over the first two years of college than those not receiving these interventions and that the effects of combining these interventions will be additive (Specific Aim 1). Structural equation modeling techniques will be used to conduct mediational analyses investigating theoretically derived hypotheses about the processes by which intervention factors influence alcohol use and problems (Specific Aim 2). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses will examine hypothesized individual and situational moderators of intervention efficacy (Specific Aim 3). The use of a factorial design and explicit mediational analyses will allow for very strong inferences regarding the "active ingredients" of intervention efficacy. The long-term objectives of this research are to improve the efficacy of early interventions and to inform research and theory on the etiology of alcoholism. More effective interventions, particularly those that target students during a developmental transition of enhanced risk, will result in fewer injuries from acute intoxication, enhance retention and learning, and lessen the development of alcoholism as a result of chronic alcohol abuse.

Conditions

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Alcohol Abuse

Keywords

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alcoholism alcohol abuse prevention behavior modification parent offspring interaction university student substance abuse related behavior adolescence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

Assessment Group (no intervention)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

Assessment only

Intervention Type OTHER

No intervention, assessment only.

2

Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Students met with trained interventionists. The initial BMI took place during the fall semester of the freshmen year for approximately 45 minutes. Individualized feedback was used to guide the BMI sessions. The feedback data were gathered through an online survey completed within two weeks of the scheduled appointment to ensure the use of proximal feedback reflecting current drinking. Feedback was tailored so that drinkers received information on their personal drinking patterns, heavy episodic drinking, and alcohol-related consequences, and abstainers received feedback on their perceived barriers for maintaining abstinence, the safety and health benefits of their choice not to drink, and their experience with second-hand effects of alcohol use. In the spring of the freshmen year, students received a BMI 'booster' session. Individualized feedback was created from the original online survey and the 10 month follow-up assessment.

3

Parent Based Intervention (PBI)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Parent Based Intervention plus booster

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The PBI is a handbook-based intervention modified from Turrisi and colleagues (2001). It was designed to raise parental awareness of alcohol abuse and consequences among college students and increase parental effort to address this issue with their teen.

4

BMI and TBI

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Students met with trained interventionists. The initial BMI took place during the fall semester of the freshmen year for approximately 45 minutes. Individualized feedback was used to guide the BMI sessions. The feedback data were gathered through an online survey completed within two weeks of the scheduled appointment to ensure the use of proximal feedback reflecting current drinking. Feedback was tailored so that drinkers received information on their personal drinking patterns, heavy episodic drinking, and alcohol-related consequences, and abstainers received feedback on their perceived barriers for maintaining abstinence, the safety and health benefits of their choice not to drink, and their experience with second-hand effects of alcohol use. In the spring of the freshmen year, students received a BMI 'booster' session. Individualized feedback was created from the original online survey and the 10 month follow-up assessment.

Parent Based Intervention plus booster

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The PBI is a handbook-based intervention modified from Turrisi and colleagues (2001). It was designed to raise parental awareness of alcohol abuse and consequences among college students and increase parental effort to address this issue with their teen.

Combined brief motivational intervention and parent based intervention plus boosters for both interventions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A combination of Intervention 1 and 2.

Interventions

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Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)

Students met with trained interventionists. The initial BMI took place during the fall semester of the freshmen year for approximately 45 minutes. Individualized feedback was used to guide the BMI sessions. The feedback data were gathered through an online survey completed within two weeks of the scheduled appointment to ensure the use of proximal feedback reflecting current drinking. Feedback was tailored so that drinkers received information on their personal drinking patterns, heavy episodic drinking, and alcohol-related consequences, and abstainers received feedback on their perceived barriers for maintaining abstinence, the safety and health benefits of their choice not to drink, and their experience with second-hand effects of alcohol use. In the spring of the freshmen year, students received a BMI 'booster' session. Individualized feedback was created from the original online survey and the 10 month follow-up assessment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Parent Based Intervention plus booster

The PBI is a handbook-based intervention modified from Turrisi and colleagues (2001). It was designed to raise parental awareness of alcohol abuse and consequences among college students and increase parental effort to address this issue with their teen.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Combined brief motivational intervention and parent based intervention plus boosters for both interventions

A combination of Intervention 1 and 2.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assessment only

No intervention, assessment only.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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BMI PBI

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All incoming students who paid their university attendance deposit by May 1st of the recruitment years were eligible for participation.

Exclusion Criteria

* transfer students,
* married,
* not living with a parent/guardian,
* returning students older than 20 years
* reached the alcohol use cut-off criteria (40 or more drinks per week and two symptoms of alcohol dependence)
Minimum Eligible Age

17 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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University of Rhode Island

Principal Investigators

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Mark D Wood, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Rhode Island

Locations

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University of Rhode Island, Department of Psychology

Kingston, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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NIH Grant 5R01AA013919-04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NIAAA-Wood-AA013919

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id