CPNF Intervention Development and Testing (Project SHIFT)

University of Washington

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Alcohol Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Personalized normative feedback (PNF); Behavioral: Customizable personalized normative feedback (CPNF); Behavioral: Attention-Matched Control (AMC)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07036198

R34AA031336 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

STUDY00021161

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project will develop brief interventions that allow participants to customize which groups they receive feedback for in relation to things such as drinking norms for younger or older students, student athletes, etc. The goal is to provide content that is meaningful and engaging to all users.

Full description

The project will develop and pilot test an innovative paradigm for leveraging social norms within brief interventions that entails user customization of which (and how many) normative referent groups they receive feedback for so that the content is meaningful and engaging to all users.

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Enrolled at the University of Washington either part- or full-time
• Report 3 or more past-month drinking occasions
• Report 3 or more drinks per occasion in the past month, on average
• Report 4 or more drinks during the peak drinking occasion in the past month
• Pass attention-check items

Exclusion criteria

N/A

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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250 participants in 3 patient groups

CPNF

Active Comparator group

Description:

Customizable personalized normative feedback (CPNF) intervention whereby individuals can explore normative feedback for a wider variety of referent groups so that PNF is a truly personalized and engaging experience.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Customizable personalized normative feedback (CPNF)

standard PNF

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard personalized normative feedback.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personalized normative feedback (PNF)

Attention-Matched Control (AMC)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Attention-matched control.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention-Matched Control (AMC)