Reducing College Student Drinking by Integrating Self-Affirmation and Implementation Intentions

University of California, Santa Barbara

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: No SA and No II; Behavioral: No SA and II; Behavioral: SA and No II; Behavioral: SA and II

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02926794

38150394

Details and patient eligibility

About

Two hundred and ninety-three college students who reported drinking in the past month were randomly assigned to condition in a 2 (self-affirmation: values vs. control writing task) x 2 (implementation intentions: formed vs. not formed) between-subjects factorial design. Participants first completed a self-affirmation or control writing task, then read an article describing the risks of drinking. Next, all participants reported their common drinking behaviors and contexts, and then selected two harm-reduction strategies making either general intentions to use the strategies or making implementation intentions to use the strategies. Alcohol consumption was measured 1 and 2 weeks after the experimental session.

Enrollment: 293 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must have reported drinking at least 1 drink in the last 30 days at time of first participation.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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293 participants in 4 patient groups

SA and II

Experimental group

Description:

Combined self-affirmation and implementations intention arm

Treatment:

Behavioral: SA and II

SA and No II

Experimental group

Description:

Self-affirmation and control intentions condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: SA and No II

No SA and II

Experimental group

Description:

Implementation intentions intervention and control writing task

Treatment:

Behavioral: No SA and II

No SA and No II

Experimental group

Description:

Control writing task and control intentions condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: No SA and No II