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A Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Drug Abuse Among Adolescent Girls

NCT01813123 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 788

Last updated 2019-06-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is designed to develop and test a gender-specific, web-based drug abuse prevention program. Study participants will be adolescent girls aged 13 and 14 years who will complete all measures online. Randomly assigned girls will also interact online with a skills-based program and subsequent annual booster sessions.

The study's primary hypothesis is that rates of 30-day alcohol and drug use will be lower among girls assigned to receive the intervention.

Conditions

  • Drug Abuse Prevention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

RealTeen

A web-based, gender-specific program intended improve girls' cognitive and behavioral skills. Each of the 9 sessions requires approximately 20 minutes. After initial intervention, girls will receive two annual booster sessions (i.e., a 20-minute review of previously learned material indexed to new age).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Traci M Schwinn, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2019-01-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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