Motivating Recruitment and Efficacy in Normative Feedback Interventions
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Conditions studied: Heavy Drinking
In brief
Excessive alcohol consumption among college students continues to be a serious public health concern associated with a wide range of negative consequences. Brief computer-based social norms interventions, including personalized normative feedback (PNF), have shown consistent effects in reducing problematic drinking in this population, and there is some evidence that in-lab computer-delivered interventions may be more effective than remote interventions. Most studies have been conducted using generous incentives which may reduce the feasibility of dissemination on a larger scale and may undermine trial efficacy. In accordance with NIAAA aims, this research aims to (a) investigate delivery modality (i.e., in lab versus remotely) and incentives as important factors affecting the efficacy of PNF interventions and (b) develop intervention strategies that facilitate wider dissemination of inexpensive empirically-supported brief interventions for college students, thereby reducing problem drinking during a high-risk time period.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04639882
- Run by
- University of Houston
- People needed
- 498
- Starts
- 2014-09-10
- Expected to finish
- 2017-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-11-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 26. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Reporting one or more heavy drinking occasions (4/5 drinks on one drinking occasion for women/men) in the previous month Reporting one or more negative alcohol-related consequence in the previous month Being between 18 and 26 years of age Being a registered University of Houston student Providing consent to participate in the study
You may not qualify if…
- Not meeting any of the inclusion criteria Unwillingness to participate Failure to provide consent
Where it is running
- University of Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
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