Alcohol Feedback, Reflection and Morning Evaluation

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Conditions studied: Youth Drinking, Alcohol Drinking

In brief

The investigators propose to examine mornings after drinking as an optimal time to provide repeated, personalized feedback, with the goal of reducing hazardous drinking. Specifically, the investigators will further develop and pilot test a novel theory-based personalized feedback intervention (PFI) for heavy drinking young adults. Intervention strategies include personalized feedback (e.g., feedback on prior night blood alcohol concentration, consequences) contrasted with both drinking goals set at baseline and corrective normative feedback (e.g., how last night's drinking compares to peers). Up to 170 participants (50% non-college) will be randomized to one of three groups: PFI with monetary incentives for daily surveys, PFI without monetary incentives, or survey assessment only. The investigators will examine recruitment rates, retention rates, confirmation of intervention content delivery/intake, response rates to daily surveys, data quality, and ratings of intervention value. Investigators will test whether these indicators of engagement differ between those who do and do not receive monetary incentives for daily surveys. Further, baseline, post-test, and 3-month follow-up assessments will allow us to examine differences in drinking behavior between PFI and control. The results of the proposed research will result in a novel and scalable intervention for alcohol misuse among young adults, with potential to have an important impact on the public health problem of high-risk drinking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05509218

Run by

Brown University

People needed

152

Starts

2024-08-26

Expected to finish

2025-10-28

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 29. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-29 years
• Own a smartphone and use it daily
• Heavy episodic drinking (4+/5+ drinks for women/men) at least weekly in past month
• At least one of 10 negative consequences assessed
• at least somewhat willing to consider drinking even a little less than current

You may not qualify if…

• current participation in treatment for an alcohol or other substance use disorder
• participation in an earlier phase of the study
• enrollment in ongoing alcohol studies at the same university

Where it is running

• Brown University — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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