2 College Truths and 1 Lie
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Underage Drinking
In brief
This pilot randomized control trial (RCT) aims to assess the feasibility and efficacy of 2 College Truths \& 1 Lie (2T1L), a gamified social norms marketing campaign (SNMC) aimed at preventing and reducing first-year college student drinking. This program is designed to correct overestimations of peers' alcohol use behaviors, which, as shown in previous research, influence one's own future drinking behaviors. To examine the efficacy of 2T1L, this pilot trial will use a longitudinal design to determine whether playing 2T1L during the first few weeks of college will prevent increases in drinking or reduce subsequent alcohol use among first-year students during the same year, relative to exposure to a static social media-delivered SNMC or an assessment-only control condition. The investigators hypothesize that students randomized to receive the interactive 2T1L SNMC game will report less state psychological reactance in response to normative campus drinking statistics than students randomized to the non-gamified SNMC condition. Further, students in the 2T1L game condition will report greater accuracy in their perceptions of campus drinking norms and consume less alcohol following the six-week SNMC (short-term follow-up) and toward the end of the first year (long-term follow-up) compared to those randomized to both the active non-gamified SNMC and assessment-only control conditions.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06576011
- Run by
- Loyola Marymount University
- People needed
- 392
- Starts
- 2024-08-05
- Expected to finish
- 2025-05-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-09-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Incoming first-year student with valid LMU email address
- 18-20 years of age
- Checks their Instagram 1-3+ times per week
- Consented to participate in the study
You may not qualify if…
- Not an incoming first year student attending LMU
- Under 18 years of age or over 20 years of age
- Do not have an Instagram account or checks it fewer than 1-3+ times per week
- Did not consent to participate in the study
Where it is running
- Loyola Marymount University — Los Angeles, California, United States
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