None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This project aims to investigate whether the use of an individually tailored intervention (adapted from the Parenting Strategies Program, www.parentingstrategies.net/alcohol) is more effective at: a) reducing parental alcohol consumption, b) modifying parental attitudes and behaviours toward alcohol use (so as to be more in concordance with the Parenting Guidelines for Adolescent Alcohol Use), and c) reducing intention to drink in adolescents of parents within the intervention group, as compared to a control group whereby the parent participants receive a non-tailored summary of the Australian Guidelines for Reducing Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol (National Health and Medical Research Council, 2009).
Interventions
Parents in the intervention group will receive an individually-tailored feedback report on their current drinking and the alcohol-related attitudes and behaviours based on their responses to a brief online survey (adapted from the Parenting Strategies: preventing adolescent alcohol misuse parent survey; Yap, Jorm & Lubman (2015). What are parents doing to reduce adolescent alcohol misuse? Evaluating concordance with parenting guidelines for adolescent alcohol use. BMC Public Health, 15:114). The
Parents in the intervention group will receive an individually-tailored feedback report on their current drinking and the alcohol-related attitudes and behaviours based on their responses to a brief online survey (adapted from the Parenting Strategies: preventing adolescent alcohol misuse parent survey; Yap, Jorm & Lubman (2015). What are parents doing to reduce adolescent alcohol misuse? Evaluating concordance with parenting guidelines for adolescent alcohol use. BMC Public Health, 15:114). The feedback report highlights where parents are doing well (i.e., concordant with the Guidelines), as well as ways they can improve in specific behaviours that are not currently concordant with the Guidelines (based on their responses to corresponding survey questions about these behaviours). The messages in the feedback report are brief, with practical strategies provided in dot point form, and are designed to motivate behaviour change. The feedback report is presented on the website immediately after parents submit their baseline assessment and are randomly allocated to the intervention group. They then receive the Modelling module of the Parenting Strategies Program (www.parentingstrategies.net), which provides specific tips and trouble-shooting ideas to help parents modify their attitudes and behaviours regarding alcohol so as to be more in concordance with the Parenting Guidelines for Adolescent Alcohol Use. This online module takes about 20 minutes to complete. Parents are invited to complete the module immediately after they have completed their baseline survey and received their feedback report. Thereafter their access to the module will remain open indefinitely. Parents also receive a copy of their feedback report and the Parenting Guidelines for Adolescent Alcohol Use via email.
Sponsors
Marie Yap
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Caregiver, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Parents/guardians and adolescents living in the state of Victoria. 2. Parents/guardians and adolescents proficient in English. 3. Adolescents who have parental consent to participate in the study; and who provide verbal assent to participate. Note: parents can still take part without their child.
Exclusion criteria
1. Parents/guardians and adolescents whose primary residence is outside the state of Victoria. 2. Parents/guardians and adolescents not proficient in English. 3. Adolescents who do not have parental consent to participate in the study; or who do not provide verbal assent to participate. Note: parents can still take part without their child.
Outcome results
None listed