Promoting Maintenance of Change Following Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Parent handbook, Coping with negative emotions, Problem-solving risky situations, Recovering from slips.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Alcohol Drinking in College. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
All students who enroll in the study will receive an efficacious counselor-delivered brief motivational intervention. The intervention is based in principles of motivational interviewing. Students complete a baseline assessment on their alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences. During the hour-long session, the counselor uses information from the baseline assessment to compare the student's level of alcohol consumption to that of peers at the same university, discuss choices that may lead to experiencing negative consequences, and provide opportunities for the student to set goals for risk reduction. This study will develop and pilot a maintenance enhancement intervention. The intervention is expected to consist of four components, for example: (1) Student participants may learn to use techniques based in mindfulness to cope with negative emotions. (2) Student participants may identify barriers to reducing their alcohol use and identify protective strategies for navigating those barriers. (3) Student participants may be presented with narratives from other students who successfully resumed moderate drinking after a heavy drinking episode. Students may also be prompted to identify alcohol free activities that they enjoy and can engage in after experiencing a heavy drinking episode. (4) Parents may also receive a handbook encouraging communication with their student about alcohol use.
Interventions
- Behavioral Parent handbook
Handbook motivating parents to discuss alcohol use with their college student. - Behavioral Coping with negative emotions
Mindfulness-based techniques are taught to improve ability to cope with negative emotions. - Behavioral Problem-solving risky situations
Identifying and planning for barriers to change are encouraged. - Behavioral Recovering from slips
Peer and personalized techniques are discussed to facilitate resumption of moderate drinking after a heavy drinking episode.
Primary outcome measures
- Drinking Intentions [Time frame: Immediate post-test]
- Coping motives [Time frame: Immediate post-test]
- Parent-student communication [Time frame: Immediate post-test]
- Maintenance self-efficacy [Time frame: Immediate post-test]
- Recovery self-efficacy [Time frame: Immediate post-test]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Student participants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Currently enrolled student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
- First time violator of the university alcohol policy
- Mandated to complete the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students (BASICS) intervention
- Minimum age 18
Parent participants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- The parent or guardian of students who meet all of the student participant criteria
Exclusion criteria
- None.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05712382 · 2088