Digitally Prompted Parenting: A Text Message Parent-Based Alcohol Intervention for Incoming College Students

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Underage Drinking

• Registration Number: NCT06861660
• Lead Sponsor: Loyola Marymount University

Brief Summary

This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will evaluate both the feasibility and efficacy of Digitally Prompted Parenting (DPP), a text-message based parent intervention (tm-PBI) designed to prevent and reduce alcohol use among first-year college students. In this study, parents of incoming first-year students will receive risk-reducing text messages during the first 10 weeks of the Fall semester, which they can forward to their students. The trial uses a longitudinal design to compare drinking outcomes between students whose parents receive the DPP messages and those whose parents receive an established alcohol PBI (the active control condition). The investigators hypothesize that students in the DPP group will report lower levels of alcohol use and fewer alcohol-related consequences after the intervention compared to those in the active control group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-01
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-06
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-06
• Study Start: 2025-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2026-05
• Study Completion: 2026-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Student is 17-20 years of age
• Student is an LMU incoming first-year college student
• Student has access to a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
• Student's parent or legal guardian has an email address on file at LMU
• Student's parent or legal guardian has a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
• Student's parent or legal guardian received an invitation from the research team to participate
• Student's parent or legal guardian signed up to access the assigned intervention
• Student's parent or legal guardian is a resident of the United States
• Informed consent (or assent, as applicable) is provided

Exclusion Criteria

• Student is not 17-20 years of age
• Student is not an LMU incoming first-year college student
• Student does not have access to a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
• Student's parent or legal guardian does not have an email address on file at LMU
• Student's parent or legal guardian does not have a cellular device capable of receiving text messages
• Student's parent or legal guardian did not receive an invitation from the research team to participate
• Student's parent or legal guardian did not sign up to access the assigned intervention
• Student's parent or legal guardian is not a resident of the United States
• Informed consent (or assent, as applicable) is not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 3 Months	baseline, 3 months	Self-reported max number of drinks consumed on a single occasion in the past 30 days.
Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 6 Months	baseline, 6 months	Self-reported max number of drinks consumed on a single occasion in the past 30 days.
Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 1 Month	baseline, 1 month	Self-reported number of drinks consumed during an average week in the past 30 days.
Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 1,5 Months	baseline, 1.5 months	Self-reported number of drinks consumed during an average week in the past 30 days.
Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 2 Months	baseline, 2 months	Self-reported number of drinks consumed during an average week in the past 30 days.
Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 2.5 Months	baseline, 2.5 months	Self-reported number of drinks consumed during an average week in the past 30 days.
Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 3 Months	baseline, 3 months	Self-reported number of drinks consumed during an average week in the past 30 days.
Change in Daily Drinking between Baseline and 6 Months	baseline, 6 months	Self-reported number of drinks consumed during an average week in the past 30 days.
Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1 Month	baseline, 1 month	Self-reported max number of drinks consumed on a single occasion in the past 30 days.
Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1.5 Months	baseline, 1.5 months	Self-reported max number of drinks consumed on a single occasion in the past 30 days.
Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2 Months	baseline, 2 months	Self-reported max number of drinks consumed on a single occasion in the past 30 days.
Change in Peak Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2.5 Months	baseline, 2.5 months	Self-reported max number of drinks consumed on a single occasion in the past 30 days.
Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 2.5 Months	baseline, 2.5 months	Self-reported number of times individuals reported drinking to intoxication in the past 30 days.
Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 3 Months	baseline, 3 months	Self-reported number of times individuals reported drinking to intoxication in the past 30 days.
Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1 Month	baseline, 1 month	Self-reported number of times 4/5 drinks (female/male) were consumed in a 2-hour period in the past 30 days.
Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 6 Months	baseline, 6 months	Self-reported number of times individuals reported drinking to intoxication in the past 30 days.
Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 1 Month	baseline, 1 month	Self-reported number of alcohol-related consequences in the past 30 days.
Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 1.5 Month	baseline, 1.5 months	Self-reported number of alcohol-related consequences in the past 30 days.
Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 2 Month	baseline, 2 months	Self-reported number of alcohol-related consequences in the past 30 days.
Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 6 Month	baseline, 6 months	Self-reported number of alcohol-related consequences in the past 30 days.
Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 2.5 Month	baseline, 2.5 months	Self-reported number of alcohol-related consequences in the past 30 days.
Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 1.5 Months	baseline, 1.5 months	Self-reported number of times 4/5 drinks (female/male) were consumed in a 2-hour period in the past 30 days.
Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2 Months	baseline, 2 months	Self-reported number of times 4/5 drinks (female/male) were consumed in a 2-hour period in the past 30 days.
Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 2.5 Months	baseline, 2.5 months	Self-reported number of times 4/5 drinks (female/male) were consumed in a 2-hour period in the past 30 days.
Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 3 Months	baseline, 3 months	Self-reported number of times 4/5 drinks (female/male) were consumed in a 2-hour period in the past 30 days.
Change in Number of Alcohol-Related Consequences between Baseline and 3 Month	baseline, 3 months	Self-reported number of alcohol-related consequences in the past 30 days.
Change in Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasion between Baseline and 6 Months	baseline, 6 months	Self-reported number of times 4/5 drinks (female/male) were consumed in a 2-hour period in the past 30 days.
Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 1 Month	baseline, 1 month	Self-reported number of times individuals reported drinking to intoxication in the past 30 days.
Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 1.5 Months	baseline, 1.5 months	Self-reported number of times individuals reported drinking to intoxication in the past 30 days.
Change in Frequency of Intoxication Events between Baseline and 2 Months	baseline, 2 months	Self-reported number of times individuals reported drinking to intoxication in the past 30 days.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Loyola Marymount; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States