College Student Alcohol Behaviors and Strategies

Part of paid clinical trials in Laramie, Wyoming.

Sponsor
University of Wyoming
Study ID
NCT07156305
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Alcohol Use

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 25 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Protective Behavioral Strategies — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants receive psychoeducation about protective behavioral strategies and are asked to choose three strategies that they do not already engage in regularly but would be willing to start using more.
  • Goal-Setting — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants receive psychoeducation about protective behavioral strategies and goal-setting. They are asked to choose three strategies that they do not already engage in regularly and identify two goals related to each strategy.

Study Details

The primary goal of this clinical trial is to examine whether the use of personalized goal setting related to protective behavioral strategies (PBS)-behavioral techniques enacted before, during, or after alcohol consumption to reduce risk and minimize harm-increases the use of personally selected PBS implementation. A secondary goal of this trial is to examine whether increasing the frequency of PBS use will lead to decreases in alcohol consumption, fewer alcohol-related negative consequences, and increased alcohol-related positive consequences. Researchers will compare a control condition, a PBS-only condition, and a PBS+Goals condition to address the aims of the study. Participants in all conditions will complete measures about current PBS use, alcohol use and consequences, and likelihood and confidence to change current alcohol and strategy use. All participants will receive brief psychoeducation on PBS. Participants in the PBS-only and PBS+Goals condition will select three PBS to use over the following two weeks, and select a strategy for remembering the PBS they chose. Participants in the PBS+Goals condition will receive psychoeducation about goal setting and identify two goals related to each PBS strategy they selected. Participants in all conditions will complete a follow-up after two weeks containing measures about PBS use, alcohol use and consequences, and likelihood and confidence to change alcohol and strategy use. Participants in the PBS-only and PBS+Goals condition will complete a measure to indicate whether they used the reminder strategy they selected at the two-week follow-up. Participants in the PBS+Goals condition will complete a measure indicating whether they believe they achieved their goals at the two-week follow-up.

Key Dates

Start date
Sep 1, 2025
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
May 31, 2027
Completion
May 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • No Intervention: Control
    Participants complete measures at baseline and follow-up, and receive psychoeducation on PBS.
  • Active Comparator: PBS-only
    Participants complete measures at baseline and follow-up, receive psychoeducation about PBS, select three PBS strategies, and select a reminder strategy.
  • Experimental: PBS+Goals
    Participants complete measures at baseline and follow-up, receive psychoeducation about PBS and goal-setting, select three PBS strategies, select two goals related to each PBS strategy chosen, and select a reminder strategy.

Primary Outcome Measure

Protective Behavioral Strategy Use [ Time Frame: Baseline and two-week follow-up. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of WyomingLaramieWyoming82072
Anna M Petrey, BS
[email protected]
307-314-2111
Alison Looby, PhD
[email protected]
Anna M Petrey, BS (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Alison Looby, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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