Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
- Conditions
- Alcohol ProblemHarm ReductionAlcohol-Related Harm
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Singularities GameBehavioral: Psychosocial Education
- Registration Number
- NCT06215664
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Brief Summary
This is a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a game-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms among sexual and gender minority youth.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1992
- Able to participate in English
- Live in the U.S.,
- 14-18 years old
- Have a sexual minority identity (i.e., gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer) or a gender minority identity (i.e., consider themselves to be transgender or nonbinary),
- Have an internet-accessible computer, smart phone, or tablet,
- Provide an email address.
- Have drank alcohol in their lifetime or intend to in the next year.
- Cisgender heterosexuals.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Singularities Game Singularities Game Singularities is an online game. Psychoeducation Readings Psychosocial Education Psychoeducation Readings is a Qualtrics-delivered program.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Alcohol-related harms 3 months Primary outcome is alcohol-related harms defined as the frequency of 19 total harms (e.g., Hangover after drinking, Unable to remember what happened after drinking, Had sex that you later regretted, Trouble with parent(s) because of drinking Physical fight because you were affected by alcohol, Drove in a vehicle after drinking) as measured in the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Drinking Quantity 3 months Number of drinks consumed on a typical day of drinking in the past three months via Quantity-Frequency items
Drinking Frequency 3 months Number of days on which one or more drinks were consumed in past month via Quantity-Frequency items.
Binge Drinking 3 months Number of times where 4 or 5+ drinks (asking both, regardless of assigned/biological sex at birth to be inclusive of gender minorities) were consumed in a 2-hour period over the past 3 months, via NIAAA items
Alcohol Use Initiation 3 months Survey item from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey assessing lifetime alcohol use.
Alcohol Harm Reduction Skills 3 months Which behaviors are engaged in while drinking or partying, measured with the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale (PBSS). Scores range from 20 to 120, with higher scores indicating more skills used
Bystander Alcohol Harm Reduction Skills 3 months Total # of times a specific strategy was used to help others before, during, or after drinking, using the Strategies subscale of the Bystanders to Alcohol Risk Scale (BARS). Scores range from 0 to 27, with higher scores indicating more skills used
Emotional distress tolerance skills 3 months Beliefs about feeling distressed or upset, measured with the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS). Scores range from 15 to 75, with higher scores indicating a poorer outcome
Emotion regulation and decentering practices 3 months How often mindfulness practices are used, measured with the Applied Mindfulness Process Scale (AMPS). Scores range from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating a better outcome
Healthy social media use 3 months Endorsement of beliefs and thoughts about social media, using MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey items
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Pittsburgh
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States