Alcohol and Health: Personalized Feedback

NCT ID: NCT03337438

Last Updated: 2019-10-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 320 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-10-22
• Study Completion Date: 2019-10-29

Brief Summary

Heavy episodic drinking (HED) among college students remains a concern within the U.S., as rates of HED are still high in this population. Though a variety of brief motivational interventions for alcohol use in college students have demonstrated significant effects, these effects are often small and not consistently maintained over time. Personalized feedback interventions (PFIs) are a particularly promising approach, as these are often acceptable to college students, as well as low-cost, and easy to disseminate. Though presentation of interperson discrepancy via descriptive and injunctive norms has shown consistent effects within PFIs and received much attention in the literature, intraperson, or ideal-actual self discrepancies, has largely been ignored. Drawing from cognitive dissonance theory, self-regulation theory, and motivational interviewing, the current study aims to evaluate the efficacy of an alcohol PFI with a values component to incorporate ideal-self discrepancy into a typical intervention.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Consumption, Youth

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Values-PFI

Group Type: OTHER

Personalized Feedback Intervention with Values

Intervention Type: OTHER

The PFI with values will include information commonly included in personalized feedback interventions for alcohol use, such as norms information and drinking profile, as well as feedback on three of the assessed values that are highly important to the participant.

Traditional-PFI with values assessment

Group Type: OTHER

Personalized Feedback Intervention Traditional

Intervention Type: OTHER

This PFI will include information on drinking profile, norms, behavioral strategies used while drinking, and practical costs related to drinking reframed as monetary values and caloric values.

Traditional PFI no values assessment

Group Type: OTHER

Personalized Feedback Intervention Traditional

Intervention Type: OTHER

This PFI will include information on drinking profile, norms, behavioral strategies used while drinking, and practical costs related to drinking reframed as monetary values and caloric values.

Interventions

Personalized Feedback Intervention with Values

The PFI with values will include information commonly included in personalized feedback interventions for alcohol use, such as norms information and drinking profile, as well as feedback on three of the assessed values that are highly important to the participant.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Personalized Feedback Intervention Traditional

This PFI will include information on drinking profile, norms, behavioral strategies used while drinking, and practical costs related to drinking reframed as monetary values and caloric values.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to speak and read English
• Must report consuming alcohol in a typical week over the past month

Exclusion Criteria

• Must not deny drinking within the past month
• Non-English speaking
• Under the age of 18

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Oklahoma State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Emma Brett

Graduate Student

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

North Murray Hall Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

AS1770

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id