Alcohol and Health: Personalized Feedback
- Conditions
- Alcohol DrinkingAlcohol Consumption, Youth
- Interventions
- Other: Personalized Feedback Intervention TraditionalOther: Personalized Feedback Intervention with Values
- Registration Number
- NCT03337438
- Lead Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
- Brief Summary
Heavy episodic drinking (HED) among college students remains a concern within the U.S., as rates of HED are still high in this population. Though a variety of brief motivational interventions for alcohol use in college students have demonstrated significant effects, these effects are often small and not consistently maintained over time. Personalized feedback interventions (PFIs) are a particularly promising approach, as these are often acceptable to college students, as well as low-cost, and easy to disseminate. Though presentation of interperson discrepancy via descriptive and injunctive norms has shown consistent effects within PFIs and received much attention in the literature, intraperson, or ideal-actual self discrepancies, has largely been ignored. Drawing from cognitive dissonance theory, self-regulation theory, and motivational interviewing, the current study aims to evaluate the efficacy of an alcohol PFI with a values component to incorporate ideal-self discrepancy into a typical intervention.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 320
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must be able to speak and read English
- Must report consuming alcohol in a typical week over the past month
- Must not deny drinking within the past month
- Non-English speaking
- Under the age of 18
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Traditional PFI no values assessment Personalized Feedback Intervention Traditional - Traditional-PFI with values assessment Personalized Feedback Intervention Traditional - Values-PFI Personalized Feedback Intervention with Values -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Alcohol consumption one-month post baseline measured by drinks per week
Value-behavior discrepancy for values related to alcohol use one month post-baseline Measured by the VLQ-A to measure change in behavioral consistency with values specifically related to alcohol use one month post-baseline
Alcohol consequences one month post-baseline measured by the BYAACQ to determine number of consequences experienced in the past month post-baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Perceptions of norms one month post-baseline Perceptions of descriptive norms will be more accurate one month post-baseline
Trait mindfulness one month post-baseline Levels of mindfulness as measured by the FFMQ will be measured at both time points
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
North Murray Hall Oklahoma State University
🇺🇸Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States