Alcoholism
Conditions
Keywords
Motivational Interviewing, Problem Drinking, Adolescents, Minority Health
Brief summary
Hispanic adolescents experience more severe alcohol-related consequences due to their alcohol abuse and yet significantly fewer Hispanic adolescents receive alcohol treatment, particularly among justice-involved youth. Despite the level of research that has been conducted on motivational interviewing (MI) with mainstream samples, no published studies have investigated the efficacy of this brief, individual intervention with Hispanic adolescents. The overarching objective of this application is to evaluate the efficacy of a brief individual intervention (MI) for problem drinking behaviors with a sample of justice-involved Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents to determine if this intervention is differentially effective between Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents. Specifically, the first aim is to determine whether an MI intervention targeting alcohol abuse is effective at reducing alcohol use and related risk behavior in a sample of adolescent alcohol abusers. The second aim is to examine whether the effects of MI on problem drinking outcomes (e.g., alcohol problems, quantity of drinking, frequency of binging) are different between Hispanic versus Caucasian adolescents. Because it is important to determine the mechanisms that mediate the effects of MI and determine whether these mechanisms differ between Caucasian and Hispanic adolescents, the third aim is to examine whether group (Hispanic vs. Caucasian) moderates the mediational linkages in the overall model using a cross-groups approach to moderated mediation. To accomplish these aims, 453 Caucasian and Hispanic justice-involved alcohol abusing adolescents (ages 14-17) will be randomized to either two 60 minute MI interventions (one at baseline and a second, one week later) or an education condition. All adolescents will receive behavioral assessments at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. The proposed research is expected to take a significant step towards reducing current racial/ethnic health disparities in alcohol treatment for Hispanic adolescents.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMotivational Interviewing
OTHEREducation
Sponsors
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
University of New Mexico
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 13 - 18 * Provision of informed assent (or self-consent if age 18) * Parent/ guardian consent if under age 18 * Regular substance use (use at least 1 per month for past 6 months)
Exclusion criteria
* active psychosis * mental retardation * neurodevelopmental disorder * severe medical illness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Frequency of alcohol use | Change from baseline in frequency of alcohol use at 3 , 6 , & 12 month follow-up |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quantity of alcohol use | Change from baseline in quantity of alcohol use at 3 , 6 , & 12 month follow-up |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of alcohol-related problems as indicated in the Rutgers Alcohol Problems Index | Change from baseline in number of alcohol-related problems at 3 , 6 , & 12 month follow-up |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed