Addiction Risk: Mindset Induction Effect on Brief Intervention (AddRiskStud)

University of Konstanz

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Alcohol Drinking in College

Treatments: Behavioral: Induction of Implemental Mindset; Behavioral: Induction of Deliberative Mindset

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03338491

OD 113/2-1(3)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Brief Interventions (BI) based on Motivational Interviewing are effective to reduce alcohol use. In this study the investigators test the hypothesis that that an open Mindset increases the positive effects of BI.

University students take part in a voluntary screened for risky alcohol use. All students with risky alcohol use are eligible to the study and all receive the WHO's ASSIST-linked BI.

Participants receive a brief Mindset induction prior to receiving BI. They are are randomly assigned to either the induction of an open or a closed mindset according to the Mindset theory of action phases (Gollwitzer & Keller (2016). Mindset Theory. In: V. Zeigler-Hill, T.K. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer).

The investigators measure the change in alcohol-related risk perception, treatment motivation and real alcohol drinking after the Brief Intervention in relation to the mindset induced before receiving the intervention.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• student status at University of Konstanz
• risky alcohol use in past 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• acute psychosis, acute suicidality, illiteracy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 3 patient groups

Induction of Implemental Mindset

Experimental group

Description:

Psychological Intervention. Participants are asked to work on a brief paper-and-pencil task that has been shown to induce an Implemental Mindset according to the Mindset theory of action phases (Gollwitzer \& Keller (2016). Mindset Theory. In: V. Zeigler-Hill, T.K. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Induction of Implemental Mindset

Induction of Deliberative Mindset

Experimental group

Description:

Psychological Intervention. Participants are asked to work on a brief paper-and-pencil task that has been shown to induce a Deliberative Mindset according to the Mindset theory of action phases (Gollwitzer \& Keller (2016). Mindset Theory. In: V. Zeigler-Hill, T.K. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Induction of Deliberative Mindset

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will revive no induction of any mindset.