Brief Individual and Parent Interventions for Substance Use in Truant Adolescents
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Brown University
- Enrollment
- 110
- Locations
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Quantity of Marijuana Use per Occasion of Use
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates a brief motivation-building intervention for parents and teens to reduce truancy and substance use. It is hypothesized that the motivational intervention will result in better outcomes compared to an education-only intervention.
Detailed Description
Adolescents who use marijuana and are truant from school are a high-risk population with increased likelihood of substance use disorders, criminal justice involvement, and long-term impairments in vocational, family, and peer domains.
This study will test a theory-driven intervention for early adolescent marijuana using, truant youth identified through Rhode Island Truancy and Family Courts. Adolescents will be randomly assigned to one of the 2 conditions: a motivational interview versus psychoeducation.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
Participants will not be informed about which intervention arm they receive. Assessors will have the condition of the participant masked.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •the target child is in 6th-10th grade at the start of the project and living at home with at least one parent/guardian,
- •the teen must report 6 or more incidences of marijuana use in the last 90 days (an approximation of biweekly use)
- •by law, the teen must have at least 20 unexcused absences in an academic year to be in truancy court, and (4) parental consent and teen assent are obtained.
Exclusion Criteria
- •the family is not able to speak and understand English or Spanish well enough to complete study procedures
- •developmental delay, as determined by school placements outside the regular classroom, that would affect comprehension of the intervention.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Quantity of Marijuana Use per Occasion of Use
Time Frame: Last 90 days at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months
Average quantity of marijuana use per day
Change in Frequency of Marijuana Use
Time Frame: Last 90 days at baseline, and 3, 6, and 12 months
Total number of marijuana use days .
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Days truant from school, self-report(Last 90 days at baseline, and 3, 6, and 12 months)
- Change in Days truant from school(Last 90 days at baseline, and 3, 6, and 12 months)