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DRT Mobile Intervention to Increase Safe Drinking

NCT05098639 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2023-09-14

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Summary

The current project uses a brief mobile intervention, grounded in Deviance Regulation Theory, to deliver in-the-moment messaging meant to increase responsible drinking among college students. Participants receive positive messages about individuals that use responsible drinking behaviors or negative messages about individuals that do not use responsible drinking behaviors. It is hypothesized that these messages delivered at appropriate times will differentially affect use of responsible drinking behaviors as a function of individual beliefs about the prevalence of responsible drinking among peers.

Conditions

  • Alcohol; Use, Problem

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BASICS

In the BASICS condition, individuals receive information about alcohol use on campus and discuss safe drinking practices. They also receive personalized normative feedback based on their alcohol use and their use of protective behavioral strategies.

BEHAVIORAL

Deviance Regulation Theory (DRT)

The Deviance Regulation Intervention comprises tailored intervention messages based on perceived norms. Participants complete an initial session that focuses on perceived norms of protective behavioral strategy (PBS) use and heavy drinking among peers. The therapist engages participants in a tailored discussion based on their perceived norms. If individuals believe PBS use is uncommon, the therapist discusses the positive social image that PBS use portrays. If the participant believes PBS is common, the therapist engages the participant in discussion of the negative aspects of non-PBS use. A similar strategy is taken for common and uncommon heavy alcohol use. Finally, the participant carries a mobile device which provide real-time adaptive positive or negative messages (consistent with the initial session) based on the perceived drinking and PBS norms of their current drinking environment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Central Florida

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
26 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-03
Primary Completion
2024-08-01
Completion
2024-09-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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