Family Check-Up for Adolescents and Siblings
Completed · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Alcohol Abuse
In brief
A two group randomized design will be used to test the primary hypothesis that the experimental intervention will reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related negative consequences significantly more than a comparison family-based psychoeducation condition in both an identified alcohol-using adolescent (12- 18 years old) and his/her teenage sibling (the sibling can be 3 years older or younger than teen with the sibling's age between 12-21 years old). The experimental condition consists of the Family Check-up, while the comparison condition is a less intense parenting psychoeducation program. Time points will include follow-ups at 3, 6, and 12 months.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00925340
- Run by
- Brown University
- People needed
- 104
- Starts
- 2008-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-07-29
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Participants will be 12 to 18 years old, inclusive, living at home with at least one parent or guardian.
- Participants will have a teenage sibling within 3 years of age of the identified adolescent patient. Siblings can be either biological or unrelated siblings in blended families, as long as they live in the same home as the parents targeted in the intervention conditions. The adolescent must have experienced a recent (within 1 month) alcohol-related event (ED admission, school disciplinary action, grounding by parents, legal action). The adolescent must also screen in by reaching the clinical cutoff score on the Adolescent Drinking Index.
You may not qualify if…
- Alcohol positive adolescents with substance dependence diagnosis requiring a higher level of care; 18 year olds living on their own.
Where it is running
- Brown University — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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