Brief Mobile Intervention for Prepartying

NCT ID: NCT04016766

Last Updated: 2021-08-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-08-09

Study Completion Date

2022-08-31

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of the research study is to develop and test a prepartying (aka "pregaming") specific brief mobile app intervention that is intended to help college students reduce their prepartying drinking behavior. Such behavior has been identified as a major contributor to alcohol-related negative consequences among young people. The investigators will first develop the intervention content based on theory and research supporting mechanisms of change in brief interventions with college students and document normative drinking information from 500 college students for inclusion in the intervention content. Investigators will then beta test the intervention with a sample of 14 heavy drinking college students. Focus group feasibility and acceptability feedback will inform the final intervention content. Investigators will then pilot test the mobile-based intervention in a randomized controlled trial of 500 college students who preparty frequently (n = 250 intervention, n = 250 attention control) and determine the efficacy of the intervention on (1) preventing heavy consumption levels during and after prepartying and on (2) reducing students' global levels of heavy drinking and consequences one and three months post-intervention.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heavy Drinking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Prepartying mobile app intervention

Mobile app intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile app prepartying intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is comprised of a theoretically-informed and empirically-supported, brief, accessible, and personalized intervention to address prepartying drinking. the prepartying intervention app will be tailored toward an individual's personal goals, beliefs (perceptions, expectancies, self-efficacy), and behavior (protective strategies), and focus on the core components of brief interventions that have been cited as constructs that mediate the effects of multiple component intervention programs (e.g., correcting perceived norms, use of protective behavioral strategies, increased self-efficacy, challenging expectancies, feedback on blood alcohol level).

Control

Control participants receive a personalized attention control task (i.e., listing and ranking favorite movies, music, and books), which controls for the time needed by the intervention group to view the intervention material.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Mobile app prepartying intervention

The intervention is comprised of a theoretically-informed and empirically-supported, brief, accessible, and personalized intervention to address prepartying drinking. the prepartying intervention app will be tailored toward an individual's personal goals, beliefs (perceptions, expectancies, self-efficacy), and behavior (protective strategies), and focus on the core components of brief interventions that have been cited as constructs that mediate the effects of multiple component intervention programs (e.g., correcting perceived norms, use of protective behavioral strategies, increased self-efficacy, challenging expectancies, feedback on blood alcohol level).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* full time undergraduate college student
* between the ages of 18 and 24
* report typically prepartying at least once per week
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Southern California

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

RAND

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Eric R Pedersen

Role: CONTACT

310-393-0411 ext. 6078

Facility Contacts

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Eric Pedersen, PhD

Role: primary

310-694-7255

References

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Pedersen ER, Hummer JF, Davis JP, Fitzke RE, Tran DD, Witkiewitz K, Clapp JD. A mobile-based pregaming drinking prevention intervention for college students: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Psychol Addict Behav. 2023 Nov;37(7):841-852. doi: 10.1037/adb0000925. Epub 2023 Apr 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37053413 (View on PubMed)

Pedersen ER, Hummer JF, Davis JP, Fitzke RE, Christie NC, Witkiewitz K, Clapp JD. A mobile-based pregaming drinking prevention intervention for college students: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2022 Jun 18;17(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s13722-022-00314-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35717303 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R34AA025968

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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