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Brief Academic Future Thinking Intervention for College Student Drinkers

NCT04275739 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2020-02-19

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Summary

The present study investigated the feasibility, acceptability, and initial utility of a brief academic goal-relevant episodic future thinking (A-EFT) task among heavy college drinkers.

First, the study attempts to extend the temporal reach of EFT interventions which have demonstrated immediate reductions in discounting, and alcohol demand. The current study utilized a longitudinal design to evaluate whether EFT can change drinking behavior outside the lab in heavy drinking college students. The two-group experimental design included an active control group, weekly booster contact, and 1-month follow-up. Second, this study seeks to investigate whether the process of engaging in EFT is sufficient to produce effects when cues are not presented during the decision-making task. Lastly, this study adds an academic goal-related focus to the EFT task based on previous research indicating that forming meaningful academic goals is protective against drinking and associated problems.

Conditions

  • Heavy Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Academic Episodic Future Thinking

Brief Academic goal related EFT intervention involving desirable outcomes of current academic goals

OTHER

Vivid Memory Task

Matched for time control task involving recall of vivid memories of distinct events/actions from a children's story

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Memphis

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-20
Primary Completion
2019-08-30
Completion
2019-08-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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