Heavy Drinking
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of the current study is to develop and test an innovative, low-burden method of post-intervention contact that is based on principles of motivational interviewing and the elicitation of change talk. Participants will be randomly assigned to an assessment only control group, a standard BMI group or a BMI + video group. Participants in the BMI and BMI + video groups will complete a semi-structured, motivational intervention. Following the intervention, participants in the BMI + video group will be asked to create a personalized video in which they speak to their future self and describe their reasons for wanting to reduce their alcohol use and their commitment to change. Doctoral level psychology graduate students will assist participants in idea generation and creation of the post-intervention video. Video group participants will then be sent their personalized videos 21 days after the baseline session, a time when motivation to reduce drinking often begins to wane. It is hypothesized that participants in the BMI + video group will rate the video exercise as helpful, encouraging, and easy to complete. It is further hypothesized that, over the 6-week intervention period, (1) participants in the BMI + video group will reduce their alcohol use more than those in the standard BMI and control groups and (2) participants in the standard BMI group will reduce their alcohol use more than those in the control group.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMotivational Interview with Self-Talk Video
Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing techniques and then record a self talk video discussing their goals and reasons for reducing their drinking.
BEHAVIORALMotivational Interviewing
Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing
Sponsors
Wayne State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Meets National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism criteria for heavy drinking * 18 year or older * Accessibility to internet and laptop with camera and microphone
Exclusion criteria
* Failure to meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Consumption | 6 weeks post intervention | — |
| Motivation to Change Rating Scale | 6 weeks post intervention | This outcome measure asks: On a scale of 1 to 5, how likely are you to reduce your drinking over the next week, month, and year. In this scale 1 represents not at all likely and 5 represents extremely likely. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rating Scales Assessing Satisfaction with the Intervention | 6 weeks post intervention | This outcome measure asks participants to rate their experience with the intervention on a number of dimensions (e.g. empathic, personalized). Additionally, video participants are asked to rate the extent to which they experienced different emotions (e.g. anger, proudness) while watching their video recording. Responses range from not at all to extremely. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed