Stress and Resilience

University of Washington

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Alcohol Use

Cannabis Use

Treatments

Behavioral: Vicarious Interpersonal Exchange

Behavioral: Daily Hassles

Behavioral: Direct Interpersonal Exchange

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT06457841

STUDY00018058

R01DA058626 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Alcohol and cannabis are the most misused psychoactive substances in the United States. The proposed research examines how personally relevant stressful experiences may lead to alcohol and cannabis use. The proposed research is also designed to identify possible targets for prevention and treatment efforts to help reduce drug use.

Enrollment

456 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Of Afro-descent
Proficient in English
Alcohol and/or cannabis use at least 2-3 times in the past month
Endorse having used alcohol and/or cannabis to cope

Exclusion criteria

Having participated in similar studies by the research team
Obtain cut-off scores on scale items indicating possible loss of control and needing to cut down or quit alcohol and/or cannabis use
In or seeking treatment for alcohol and/or cannabis use disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

456 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Direct Interpersonal Exchange

Experimental group

Description:

Simulated a negative personally relevant interpersonal experience that is received directly from a perpetrator, commonly experienced in everyday lives

Treatment:

Behavioral: Direct Interpersonal Exchange

Vicarious Interpersonal Exchange

Experimental group

Description:

Hearing or observing a negative personally relevant interpersonal experience that is reported by another person of the same background

Treatment:

Behavioral: Vicarious Interpersonal Exchange

Daily Hassles

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Day-to-day stressors associated with school, work, finances