Alcohol and Health: Personalized Feedback

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Conditions studied: Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Consumption, Youth

In brief

Heavy episodic drinking (HED) among college students remains a concern within the U.S., as rates of HED are still high in this population. Though a variety of brief motivational interventions for alcohol use in college students have demonstrated significant effects, these effects are often small and not consistently maintained over time. Personalized feedback interventions (PFIs) are a particularly promising approach, as these are often acceptable to college students, as well as low-cost, and easy to disseminate. Though presentation of interperson discrepancy via descriptive and injunctive norms has shown consistent effects within PFIs and received much attention in the literature, intraperson, or ideal-actual self discrepancies, has largely been ignored. Drawing from cognitive dissonance theory, self-regulation theory, and motivational interviewing, the current study aims to evaluate the efficacy of an alcohol PFI with a values component to incorporate ideal-self discrepancy into a typical intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03337438

Run by

Oklahoma State University

People needed

320

Starts

2017-10-22

Expected to finish

2019-10-29

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to speak and read English
• Must report consuming alcohol in a typical week over the past month

You may not qualify if…

• Must not deny drinking within the past month
• Non-English speaking
• Under the age of 18

Where it is running

• North Murray Hall Oklahoma State University — Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

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