College Student Alcohol Behaviors and Strategies

NCT ID: NCT07156305

Last Updated: 2025-09-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2027-05-31

Brief Summary

The primary goal of this clinical trial is to examine whether the use of personalized goal setting related to protective behavioral strategies (PBS)-behavioral techniques enacted before, during, or after alcohol consumption to reduce risk and minimize harm-increases the use of personally selected PBS implementation. A secondary goal of this trial is to examine whether increasing the frequency of PBS use will lead to decreases in alcohol consumption, fewer alcohol-related negative consequences, and increased alcohol-related positive consequences. Researchers will compare a control condition, a PBS-only condition, and a PBS+Goals condition to address the aims of the study. Participants in all conditions will complete measures about current PBS use, alcohol use and consequences, and likelihood and confidence to change current alcohol and strategy use. All participants will receive brief psychoeducation on PBS. Participants in the PBS-only and PBS+Goals condition will select three PBS to use over the following two weeks, and select a strategy for remembering the PBS they chose. Participants in the PBS+Goals condition will receive psychoeducation about goal setting and identify two goals related to each PBS strategy they selected. Participants in all conditions will complete a follow-up after two weeks containing measures about PBS use, alcohol use and consequences, and likelihood and confidence to change alcohol and strategy use. Participants in the PBS-only and PBS+Goals condition will complete a measure to indicate whether they used the reminder strategy they selected at the two-week follow-up. Participants in the PBS+Goals condition will complete a measure indicating whether they believe they achieved their goals at the two-week follow-up.

Conditions

Alcohol Use

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control

Participants complete measures at baseline and follow-up, and receive psychoeducation on PBS.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

PBS-only

Participants complete measures at baseline and follow-up, receive psychoeducation about PBS, select three PBS strategies, and select a reminder strategy.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Protective Behavioral Strategies

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants receive psychoeducation about protective behavioral strategies and are asked to choose three strategies that they do not already engage in regularly but would be willing to start using more.

PBS+Goals

Participants complete measures at baseline and follow-up, receive psychoeducation about PBS and goal-setting, select three PBS strategies, select two goals related to each PBS strategy chosen, and select a reminder strategy.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Goal-Setting

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants receive psychoeducation about protective behavioral strategies and goal-setting. They are asked to choose three strategies that they do not already engage in regularly and identify two goals related to each strategy.

Interventions

Protective Behavioral Strategies

Participants receive psychoeducation about protective behavioral strategies and are asked to choose three strategies that they do not already engage in regularly but would be willing to start using more.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Goal-Setting

Participants receive psychoeducation about protective behavioral strategies and goal-setting. They are asked to choose three strategies that they do not already engage in regularly and identify two goals related to each strategy.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Must report being between the ages of 18-25
• Must report engaging in alcohol use at least one time per week over the past two weeks, on average

Exclusion Criteria

• Reports currently receiving or having received treatment for their alcohol or other substance use during the past two months
• Age below 18 or above 25 years
• Does not report having engaged in alcohol use at least one time per week over the past two weeks, on average

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Wyoming

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Anna Michelle Petrey

Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Anna M Petrey, BS

Role: CONTACT

apetrey@uwyo.edu

307-314-2111

Alison Looby, PhD

Role: CONTACT

alooby@uwyo.edu

Facility Contacts

Anna M Petrey, BS

Role: primary

apetrey@uwyo.edu

307-314-2111

Alison Looby, PhD

Role: backup

alooby@uwyo.edu

Other Identifiers

IRB-2025-254

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id