Attitudes & College Experiences

NCT ID: NCT04026633

Last Updated: 2022-08-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

134 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-10

Study Completion Date

2022-04-30

Brief Summary

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High volume drinking by young adults has proven resistant to long term change, so new approaches are needed. Given strong associations between alcohol-related attitudes and drinking behavior, the investigators adapt a theory-based attitude change strategy for use in alcohol prevention. This research tests the impact of a brief counter attitudinal advocacy activity on subsequent drinking and negative consequences.

Detailed Description

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The persistence of risky drinking among young adults in college calls for continued efforts to prevent harms related to alcohol. Current prevention interventions have achieved some success, but rely on a single mechanism of change: correcting exaggerated drinking norms. The investigators propose to test a novel prevention strategy targeting another mechanism of change: creating attitude-behavior dissonance. To date, changing alcohol-related attitudes and the resulting attitude-behavior discrepancy has been underutilized as a behavior change strategy for alcohol abuse prevention. Informed by an extensive literature showing strong and consistent associations between alcohol attitudes and drinking behavior, the investigators adapted a brief counter-attitudinal advocacy (CAA) manipulation to the alcohol prevention context.

Conditions

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Alcohol Abuse

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Experimental: Enhanced Intervention

Participants assigned to this arm will complete a personal writing task about alcohol use.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

CAA

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will write about the use of PBS and alcohol use.

Placebo Comparator

Participants assigned to this arm will complete a personal writing task about eating behaviors.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will write about eating and exercise.

Interventions

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CAA

Participants will write about the use of PBS and alcohol use.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Participants will write about eating and exercise.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18-24 years of age
* Enrolled in the university's undergraduate four-year degree program
* Past month heavy episodic drinking (for men, \>5 drinks in one day, for women \>4 drinks in one day)
* At least two self-reported negative consequence from drinking in the past month

Exclusion Criteria

• Status as a graduating senior
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

26 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Brooklyn College of the City University of New York

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Angelo DiBello

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R21AA025676

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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