Parent Interventions to Prevent Student Drinking (ACT)

The Pennsylvania State University (PENNSTATE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Consumption

Treatments: Behavioral: parent handbook

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01126151

R01AA015737

Details and patient eligibility

About

Examine the efficacy of parent interventions to prevent college student drinking in first year students.

Full description

The aims of the study are to:

1. efficacy of parent interventions to prevent college student drinking in first year students;
2. examine mediators of efficacy; and
3. examine moderators of efficacy.

Enrollment: 1,900 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• first year students

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,900 participants in 3 patient groups

parent handbook

Experimental group

Description:

parent handbook to increase the quantity and quality of communications about alcohol

Treatment:

Behavioral: parent handbook

parent handbook with boosters

Experimental group

Description:

boosters are given to parents at three times (move in, visit weekend; student visits home)

Treatment:

Behavioral: parent handbook

parent handbook delay

Experimental group

Description:

parent handbook is delayed and given after semester has begun

Treatment:

Behavioral: parent handbook