Adolescent Behavior, Drinking Behavior, Health Behavior, Risk Reduction Behavior, Sexual Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
This research is examining how genetic and brain factors play a role in adolescents' health risk behavior as well as studying behaviors that young people engage in that may place them at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS, and what kind of educational program works best to reduce these risky behaviors.
Detailed description
A baseline assessment is conducted, including a computer questionnaire assessing personality characteristics, attitudes toward and experiences with sex, alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes, among other things. The participant also meets with a therapist to conduct a brief motivational interview at this time. A Time-Line Follow-Back is conducted; this notes incidences of sexual intercourse, alcohol use, marijuana use, and cigarette use in a 30-day period. An fMRI is conducted, and a saliva sample is gathered. During the second session of the study, participants are randomly assigned to either a sex and alcohol risk reduction intervention, or a sex risk reduction intervention. After the intervention, participants are contacted at 3 month intervals (3 months later, 6 months later, 9 months later, and 12 months later) to meet. At these follow-up meetings, another Time-Line Follow-Back is conducted, along with another computer questionnaire (again assessing attitudes toward and experiences with sex, alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSEXUAL RISK REDUCTION + ALCOHOL RISK REDUCTION
2 hour 50 minute long intervention; includes presentation of STD/HIV facts, activities/games regarding safe sex, condom demonstration, video about sexual decision making, video about alcohol/sexual decision making, alcohol-related risk-reduction motivational interview, group discussion
BEHAVIORALINFORMATION-ONLY SEXUAL RISK REDUCTION
1 hour 30 minute long intervention; includes presentation of STD/HIV facts, video about sexually transmitted diseases, review of STD/HIV facts
Sponsors
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
University of New Mexico
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Adolescents age 14-18 * Involved in Juvenile Justice System OR enrolled in a private school
Exclusion criteria
* Currently taking anti-psychotics * Involved in similar intervention-based study (2 similar studies being conducted simultaneously by this lab)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time-Line Follow-Back (TLFB) | 3-months post-intervention | A Time-Line Follow-Back is a review of a recent 30-day period of the participant's life, wherein they note which days they engaged in any of the following activities: sexual intercourse, alcohol use, marijuana use, cigarette use. Further details are also provided, such as whether a condom was used, how many alcoholic drinks were consumed, etc. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Computer questionnaire | 3 months post-intervention | Questionnaire completed by participant assesses sexual activity/consequences/attitudes, alcohol use/consequences/attitudes, marijuana use/consequences/attitudes, cigarette use/consequences/attitudes within past few months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed