Bystander Intervention for Hazardous Drinking

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

187 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-10

Study Completion Date

2022-07-15

Brief Summary

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The objective of this treatment development grant is to create an innovative and efficacious alcohol intervention for emerging adults using features from three theoretically sound and empirically supported approaches. A set of students will be engaged to serve as peer leaders to assist in reducing hazardous drinking behavior among their peers. This new intervention, a Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention (BBMI) spans Stages 1A and 1B of the stage model of behavioral therapies research and will utilize qualitative methods, an open trial, and a small controlled pilot trial within the targeted college community.

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Detailed Description

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The objective of this treatment development grant is to create an innovative and efficacious alcohol intervention for emerging adults using features from three theoretically sound and empirically supported approaches. Established elements from Bystander Intervention (awareness of the problem, addressing pluralistic ignorance, skill building), Brief Motivational Intervention (client-centered foundation, corrective information about community norms, protective behavioral strategies) and Social Network Analysis (measuring network ties, identifying the influence of network members), will be integrated into a brief intervention that pays particular attention to the connectedness of residents in dormitory social networks. Social network analytic methods will be used to assess the primary peer network (the college residence) and a set of individuals exposed to others drinking risks will be identified to receive the intervention. This set of students will be engaged to serve as peer leaders to assist in reducing hazardous drinking behavior among their peers. This new intervention, a Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention (BBMI) spans Stages 1A and 1B of the stage model of behavioral therapies research and will utilize qualitative methods, an open trial, and a small controlled pilot trial within the targeted college community.

Conditions

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Hazardous Behavior Alcohol Consequences

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

2-group trial in which one group serves as intervention recipients and one as assessment-only controls.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention

Two 2-hour in person sessions focusing on identifying alcohol risks among peers, determining optimal bystander strategies to use, and identifying personal barriers to intervening.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Group-based interactive intervention, conducted in two sessions, including multiple tasks and exercises to identify different levels of risk behavior, different types of strategies, and practicing responding to different scenarios. Personal goals for helping friends stay safe, and identifying whether intervention as a bystander was successful are included.

Assessment Control

Comparison group selected using the same criteria but receive no intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Bystander Brief Motivational Intervention

Group-based interactive intervention, conducted in two sessions, including multiple tasks and exercises to identify different levels of risk behavior, different types of strategies, and practicing responding to different scenarios. Personal goals for helping friends stay safe, and identifying whether intervention as a bystander was successful are included.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* First-year students in one of two residence halls. The subset of participants who were selected for intervention or control had to have been exposed to others who showed risk signs in the past month.