Partnering to Enhance Emerging Adults' Response to Programs

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Alcohol Use, Unspecified
• Interventions: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MI)

• Registration Number: NCT06115252
• Lead Sponsor: UConn Health

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial (CT) is to learn more about emerging adults' and their peers. Here, we will see how co-participating with a peer in health program might impact brain and behavior change over time.

Eligible youth will be invited to come in for a "Participation Day," during which they and a peer will independently complete questionnaires. With a peer, they will then complete a short health program, and undergo a brain scan (fMRI) while completing activities. Our study team will reach out to each participant individually again 3, 6, and 12 months later to learn about health behaviors over time.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-30
• Study First Posted: 2023-11-02
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-30
• Study Start: 2025-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2028-03-31
• Study Completion: 2028-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 248

Inclusion Criteria

• within the specified age range
• agree to be contacted for the 3, 6, and 12 month follow ups
• provide fully informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• left-handed
• evidence of brain injury/illness and/or neurological, neurodevelopmental disorder including psychosis and related medications (e.g., antipsychotics; neuroleptics)
• loss of consciousness ≥ 2 minutes
• other fMRI contraindications (e.g., unremovable metal on/in body, pregnant)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Motivational Interviewing (MI)	Motivational Interviewing (MI)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) response to self-talk	Baseline	Examine changes in brain activation (BOLD response) as a result of participant's own in-session language
Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) response to dyadic exchange	Baseline	Examine changes in brain activation (BOLD response) as a result of participants' dyadic in-session language
Pearson correlation of self-talk BOLD response percent signal change with youth health behavior assessed with the Timeline Followback	3-, 6-, and 12-months	Association of brain response from Outcome 1 with Timeline Followback change over time
Pearson correlation of dyadic exchange BOLD response percent signal change with youth health behavior assessed with the Timeline Followback	3-, 6-, and 12-months	Association of brain response from Outcome 2 with Timeline Followback change over time