Hybrid Type 1 Trial of a Parent-Based Intervention Addressing Social Media and Adolescent Alcohol Use
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Combined Alcohol and Social Media PBI and PFI, Alcohol and Social Media PBI, Power of Parents.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Adolescent Alcohol Use. Basic parameters: from 12 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
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Official title
A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness Implementation Trial of a Parent-Based Intervention to Address Social Media Influences on Adolescent Alcohol Outcomes
Overview
The central goal of this application is to conduct a Hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial to test the comparative effectiveness of an alcohol and social media parent-based intervention (PBI), compared to both a combined approach whereby parents receive the alcohol and social media PBI and adolescents receive an alcohol and social media personalized feedback intervention (PFI) and to an efficacious alcohol PBI handbook. Additionally, we will determine key implementation determinants that are crucial to optimizing effectiveness when delivered in community settings. The proposed study will address each of these goals in turn by enrolling parent and adolescent (age 12-17) dyads and collaborating with key community members.
Interventions
- Behavioral Combined Alcohol and Social Media PBI and PFI
Parents will receive the alcohol and social media PBI and adolescents will receive a brief alcohol and social media PFI based on our previous work (PI: Litt, R21AA024163; Litt et al., 2023; Lewis et al., 2019; Larimer et al., 2021, 2023). The PFI will use data from the adolescent baseline survey to create personalized alcohol and social media intervention feedback including normative comparisons to peers and summaries of risk behaviors. Adolescents will be encouraged to complete the PFI in one s - Behavioral Alcohol and Social Media PBI
The alcohol and social media PBI will be based on our pilot work (R34AA026332) and updated/tailored based on Aim 1 FGs. The PBI will be delivered via a web-based format such that parents will be sent an email and a text message containing a URL to the alcohol and social media PBI website along with guidelines for working through the modules (see below for overview of modules). The website will allow parents to navigate through the modules at their own pace/sequence. Each module will have interac - Behavioral Power of Parents
Parents will be emailed a link to the Power of Parents Handbook, which is a 52- page static PBI handbook (Turrisi et al., 2001, 2009, 2013) housed on the MADD website offered in English and Spanish. The alcohol PBI instructs parents to use an empathic communication style while providing information about alcohol use.
Primary outcome measures
- Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy [Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments]
- Alcohol-related social media communication [Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments]
- Alcohol Willingness [Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Alcohol Initiation [Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments]
Eligibility criteria
Parents/legal guardian inclusion criteria:
- Have a child between the ages of 12-17 who lives with them
- Believe that their child is active on at least one social media platform
- Live in Texas
- Provide a valid email and phone number
- Own a cell phone with text messaging capabilities and be okay with receiving messages
- Provide valid contact information for their adolescent
- Willing to participate in respective phase.
Adolescent inclusion criteria:
- Have an eligible parent with whom they live
- Age 12-17
- Live in Texas
- Active at least weekly on at least one social media platform
- Provide a valid phone number and email address
- Own a cell phone with text messaging capabilities and be okay with receiving text messages,
- Willing to participate in respective phase
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07664644 · 2025-619