Alcohol Use
Conditions
Keywords
young adults, alcohol-related harm, RCT, normative feedback
Brief summary
The project will develop brief interventions that allow participants to customize which groups they receive feedback for in relation to things such as drinking norms for younger or older students, student athletes, etc. The goal is to provide content that is meaningful and engaging to all users.
Detailed description
The project will develop and pilot test an innovative paradigm for leveraging social norms within brief interventions that entails user customization of which (and how many) normative referent groups they receive feedback for so that the content is meaningful and engaging to all users.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCustomizable personalized normative feedback (CPNF)
The CPNF intervention allows individuals to explore normative feedback for a wider variety of referent groups so that PNF is a truly personalized and engaging experience.
BEHAVIORALPersonalized normative feedback (PNF)
Correcting misperceptions about peers' alcohol use behaviors and contrasting one's own use to the actual norms of their peers.
BEHAVIORALAttention-Matched Control (AMC)
Participants in the AMC condition will complete all measures at the same time as participants in the CPNF condition but will not receive any information on drinking norms. Instead, participants in the AMC will receive normative feedback on sleep health, video game use, and gambling behaviors, and will similarly be able to choose the normative referent groups they wish to view feedback on for these behaviors. The AMC will thus serve as a non-treatment comparison that controls for assessment reactivity and effects of history and maturation.
Sponsors
University of Washington
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Enrolled at the University of Washington either part- or full-time * Report 3 or more past-month drinking occasions * Report 3 or more drinks per occasion in the past month, on average * Report 4 or more drinks during the peak drinking occasion in the past month * Pass attention-check items
Exclusion criteria
N/A
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol use - drinks per month | Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | Daily Drinking Questionnaire will assess drinks on average over the past month by recording the number of drinks consumed on each day of a typical week. Response options range from 0 drinks to 25+ drinks. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome. |
| Alcohol use - Quantity per occasion | Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | Quantity/Frequency/Peak Alcohol Use Index will assess amount of alcohol consumed over the past month with how many days alcohol was consumed, average consumption, and peak consumption. Response options range from 0 to 30 days for frequency, and 1 to 12+ drinks for quantity and peak. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome. |
| Alcohol use - Heavy episodic drinking | Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | Heavy Episodic Drinking measure will assess how many times over the past month heavy drinking episodes occurred, defined as 4 or more drinks (females) or 5 or more drinks (males) on a single occasion. Response options range from 0 to 7 days. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome. |
| Alcohol use - Peak drinks & peak BAC | Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | Electronic Blood Alcohol content will be assessed and calculated using peak drinks over x amount of time. A lower BAC is a better outcome, a higher BAC is a worse outcome. |
| Alcohol use - Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test | Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | The AUDIT is a 10-item self-report screening tool assessing hazardous and harmful alcohol use over the past year. Items are rated on varying 5-point Likert-type scales assessing frequency, quantity, and consequences of alcohol use. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome. |
| Alcohol use - Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire | Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | The Brief YAACQ is a 24-item assessment of alcohol-related consequences in young adults. Response options for the items are yes or no. Higher score (i.e. more 'yes' responses) is a worse outcome, lower score (i.e. more 'no' responses) is a better outcome. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived descriptive norms for each normative referent group | Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | Gathered via Shortened Drinking Norms Rating Form. 7 items assess belief for what's an acceptable number of drinks each day of the week with responses ranging from 0 to 25+ drinks. |
| Perceived injunctive drinking norms for typical students at UW | Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months | Gathered via the Injunctive Drinking Norms Rating Form. 7 items assess belief for what a typical UW college student drinks on each day of each day of the week with responses ranging from 0 to 25+ drinks. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMary Larimer, PhD
University of Washington
Outcome results
None listed