Facilitating Adolescent Self-Change for Alcohol Problems

University of California San Diego

Status: Completed

Conditions: Underage Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard Intervention; Behavioral: Motivation interviewing based brief intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01690026

Project Options

Details and patient eligibility

About

This present multi-site investigation compares a voluntary brief intervention for adolescent alcohol problems to an educational comparison condition. Measures are taken at intake and at 4 and 12 weeks post intake to determine effectiveness of the intervention to promote personal change efforts and arrest progression of alcohol problems. This study tests cognitive mechanisms of change and treatment characteristics and processes associated with youth self-regulation to reduce or stop hazardous drinking.

Enrollment: 1,209 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All 9th-12th graders at six schools from 3 sites across the country are eligible to participate, regardless of alcohol experience

Exclusion criteria

• exclusion prior to 9th grade and after 12th grade

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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1,209 participants in 2 patient groups

Brief intervention

Other group

Description:

Motivational intervention based brief intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivation interviewing based brief intervention

Standard intervention

Other group

Description:

Standard intervention condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard Intervention