Developing and Testing an Online Intervention for Decreasing Alcohol and Cannabis Misuse and Increasing Healthy Relationship Skills Among Young Adult Couples: A Comprehensive Mixed-methods Approach
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Enrollment
- 60
- Primary Endpoint
- Perceived Program Effects on Healthy Relationship Self-Efficacy items
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test a brief online intervention to reduce alcohol and cannabis misuse and improve healthy relationship skills among young adult couples. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Will the intervention be feasible and acceptable to young adult couples?
- Will the intervention demonstrate initial efficacy in reducing risky substance use and increasing relationship functioning?
Eligible couples will complete a virtual baseline session and be randomized to intervention condition (online intervention with 3-5 weeks of self-paced modules) or control condition (no intervention). Couples will complete two follow-up surveys (post-assessment - approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month). Couples in the control condition will be offered the intervention after 3-month follow-up.
Researchers will compare intervention and control groups to see if there there is a difference between the groups on substance misuse and relationship functioning at post-assessment and 3-month follow-up.
Investigators
Katherine Walukevich-Dienst
Acting Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
University of Washington
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Both partners in the couple are 18-29 years old
- •In a committed romantic relationship (e.g., dating seriously, cohabiting, married) with each other for at least 3 months
- •Face-to-face contact their partner at least 5 days per week
- •Live in Washington State
- •Have a valid email address and access to a cell phone
- •Report alcohol and cannabis co-use at least three times in the past month
- •Willingness to: complete online surveys during the allotted time frames, receive text messages and emails from the project, complete a baseline session, and participate during the same time period as their partner
Exclusion Criteria
- •Couples who endorse any perpetration or receipt of severe interpersonal aggression during screening will be excluded and provided with resources
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Perceived Program Effects on Healthy Relationship Self-Efficacy items
Time Frame: Screening, baseline, approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month followup
Healthy relationship self-efficacy - 3 items assessing perceived intervention impacts on healthy relationship self-efficacy scored 0=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree. Scores will be summed, total scores will range from 0 to 15, with higher scores indicating greater healthy relationship self-efficacy
Couples Satisfaction Index
Time Frame: Screening, baseline, approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month followup
Relationship satisfaction - sum of 4 items ranges from 0 to 21, higher scores indicate greater relationship satisfaction
Intensity of Marijuana Use
Time Frame: Screening, baseline, approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month followup
Cannabis use intensity - Average number of times used cannabis per day will be calculated as the mean number of times participant reports using cannabis per each day of a typical week in the past month
Heavy episodic and high intensity drinking
Time Frame: Screening, baseline, approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month followup
Alcohol use - number of days in the past month participant engaged in heavy episodic drinking (4+/5+ drinks in one occasion for women/men) and high intensity drinking (8+/10+ drinks in one occasion for women/men)
Daily Drinking Questionnaire (DDQ)
Time Frame: Screening, baseline, approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month followup
Alcohol use - Average total drinks per week will be calculated as the sum of the total number of drinks reported.
Daily Marijuana Questionnaire (DMQ)
Time Frame: Screening, baseline, approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month followup
Cannabis use - Average total hours high from cannabis per week will be calculated as the sum of the total hours high reported