A Social Media Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention for Heavy Drinking College Students

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Conditions studied: Alcohol Consumption

In brief

This study seeks to evaluate the unique and synergistic efficacy of social media-specific personalized normative feedback targeting the reduction of alcohol use among heavy-drinking college students who post alcohol-related content on social media. Hypothesis: Alcohol personalized normative feedback, social media-specific personalized normative feedback, and the Alcohol personalized normative feedback+ social media-specific personalized normative feedback conditions will be more effective in reducing drinking than the attention control condition.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05608109
Run by: Duquesne University
People needed: 401
Starts: 2022-01-09
Expected to finish: 2024-12-28
Last updated by the study team: 2025-02-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 26. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

College students recruited across three universities: Duquesne University, Miami University, and University of Houston (DU, MU, UH)
Undergraduate college students 18 to 26 years old
Meet heavy drinking (4+ drinks in one sitting for individuals assigned female at birth, 5+ drinks in one sitting for individuals assigned male at birth in the past month) and ARC (alcohol-related content) posting criteria (2+ ARC posts in the last 30 days for individuals assigned female at birth, 1+ for individuals assigned male at birth, on either Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, or TikTok)

You may not qualify if…

Pregnant or of another protected population

Where it is running

Miami University — Oxford, Ohio, United States
University of Houston — Houston, Pennsylvania, United States
Duquesne University — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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