Brief Intervention Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in University Students

Summary

Brief behavioral intervention designed from the guidelines of the Theory of Planned Action (TAP) of Ajzen (1991). It has the general objective of reducing the intention and hazardous and harmful consumption of alcohol in young university students in the first year of their undergraduate degree. The following specific objectives are considered: (a) Impact on the personal and descriptive norm by modifying the perception of the actual use of alcohol and its level of acceptance among the population of university students. (b) Modify attitudes towards consumption by reducing the value attributed to the expectations associated with risky alcohol consumption. (c) Increase perceived behavioral control and self-efficacy to avoid alcohol consumption behavior by: establishing a goal, consumption planning, and increase assertive communication.(d) Reduce the negative consequences of the use of alcohol in different situations of young people through pleasant healthy activities. e) Increase the intention to seek help for alcohol-related problems.The intervention will be developed through 3 phases. The first phase corresponds to the pre-intervention evaluation, the second phase concerns the two intervention sessions and the third phase is the post-intervention evaluation. Hypothesis: The mean alcohol consumption will be lower in young adults with hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in the experimental group who received a brief online intervention compared to the control group.

Conditions

• Alcohol; Harmful Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Intervention Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in University Students

Cognitive-behavioral intervention where the key concepts of the Theory of Planned Behavior were operationalized from which two intervention sessions were formed and the most appropriate techniques were chosen to influence the key concepts of the theory: behavioral beliefs, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and self-efficacy. The program is made up of 3 evaluation sessions (pre and post a month later) and 2 intervention sessions with a duration of 120 minutes each.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

  collaborator OTHER

• Daniela Romero Reyes

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Daniela Romero Reyes, Psychology · Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

• Juan Antonio Moriano León, Psychology · Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

• José Luis Ybarra Sagarduy, Psychology · Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

29 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-09-23

Primary Completion

2023-06-30

Completion

2023-07-15

Countries

• Mexico

Study Locations