Parent Intervention to Reduce College Student Drinking and Consequences

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Underage Drinking, Driving Under the Influence, Drinking, Teen, Drinking, College

In brief

College students' alcohol use continues to be a major public health problem. Among the many consequences of this risky behavior are impaired driving and impaired passenger fatalities. Both college health administrators and parents have requested parent-based interventions (PBIs), and parents have demonstrated ample motivation to communicate with their teens. The proposed research will attempt to enhance an existing effective PBI, curb the alarming trends noted in the literature, and move the field forward by conducting a randomized controlled trial testing a modified version of the PBI that includes additional content for parents to establish clear lines of communication around the important topic of permissiveness (referred to as P-Chat).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04247191

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

2061

Starts

2021-06-14

Expected to finish

2025-04-16

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parent and teen both consent and complete baseline (forming a dyad testing unit);

You may not qualify if…

• Outside of the teen age range; both parent and teen do not consent and complete baseline

Where it is running

• Penn State University — University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

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