An interventional study of Combined Alcohol and Social Media PBI and PFI and Alcohol and Social Media PBI in Adolescent Alcohol Use, sponsored by The University of Texas at Arlington. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 12 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-27.
Sponsored by The University of Texas at Arlington · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The central goal of this application is to conduct a Hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial to test the comparative effectiveness of an alcohol and social media parent-based intervention (PBI), compared to both a combined approach whereby parents receive the alcohol and social media PBI and adolescents receive an alcohol and social media personalized feedback intervention (PFI) and to an efficacious alcohol PBI handbook. Additionally, the study will determine key implementation determinants that are crucial to optimizing effectiveness when delivered in community settings. The proposed study will address each of these goals in turn by enrolling parent and adolescent (age 12-17) dyads and collaborating with key community members.
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Parents/legal guardian inclusion criteria:
Adolescent inclusion criteria:
Parents will receive the alcohol and social media PBI and adolescents will receive a brief alcohol and social media PFI based on our previous work. The PFI will use data from the adolescent baseline survey to create personalized alcohol and social media intervention feedback including normative comparisons to peers and summaries of risk behaviors. Adolescents will be encouraged to complete the PFI in one sitting but can revisit as many times as they like.
Behavioral: Combined Alcohol and Social Media PBI and PFI
The alcohol and social media PBI will be based on pilot work and updated/tailored based on Aim 1 FGs. The PBI will be delivered via a web-based format such that parents will be sent an email and a text message containing a URL to the alcohol and social media PBI website along with guidelines for working through the modules (see below for overview of modules). The website will allow parents to navigate through the modules at their own pace/sequence. Each module will have interactive elements including animations, infographics, and videos to highlight key content. Parents will be sent one text message per week encouraging them to use the website.
Behavioral: Alcohol and Social Media PBI
Parents will be emailed a link to the Power of Parents Handbook, which is a 52- page static PBI handbook housed on the MADD website offered in English and Spanish. The alcohol PBI instructs parents to use an empathic communication style while providing information about alcohol use.
Behavioral: Power of Parents
Parents will receive the alcohol and social media PBI and adolescents will receive a brief alcohol and social media PFI based on our previous work (PI: Litt, R21AA024163; Litt et al., 2023; Lewis et al., 2019; Larimer et al., 2021, 2023). The PFI will use data from the adolescent baseline survey to create personalized alcohol and social media intervention feedback including normative comparisons to peers and summaries of risk behaviors. Adolescents will be encouraged to complete the PFI in one sitting but can revisit as many times as they like.
The alcohol and social media PBI will be based on our pilot work (R34AA026332) and updated/tailored based on Aim 1 FGs. The PBI will be delivered via a web-based format such that parents will be sent an email and a text message containing a URL to the alcohol and social media PBI website along with guidelines for working through the modules (see below for overview of modules). The website will allow parents to navigate through the modules at their own pace/sequence. Each module will have interactive elements including animations, infographics, and videos to highlight key content. Parents will be sent one text message per week encouraging them to use the website.
Parents will be emailed a link to the Power of Parents Handbook, which is a 52- page static PBI handbook (Turrisi et al., 2001, 2009, 2013) housed on the MADD website offered in English and Spanish. The alcohol PBI instructs parents to use an empathic communication style while providing information about alcohol use.
Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy
The Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire will assess beliefs in one's ability to resist alcohol (Young et al., 2007; α = .96). Responses range from 1 (I am very sure I would drink) to 6 (I am sure I would not drink) with higher scores indicating greater drinking refusal self-efficacy.
Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments
Alcohol-related social media communication
Alcohol-related social media communication between parents and adolescents will be assessed using the "Alcohol-related Social Media Communication Scale, which is adapted from Turrisi et al., 2000; α = .96). Participants will indicate whether they spoke about a range of topics (yes/no) in the past month with higher scores indicating greater alcohol-related social media communication.
Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments
Alcohol Willingness
The willingness measure will assess adolescent willingness to drink in certain scenarios (α = .85; Gerrard et al., 2008) using a response rage of 0 (not at all willing) to 4 (extremely willing). Higher scores indicate greater willingness to use alcohol.
Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments
Alcohol Initiation
Alcohol initiation for those who abstain at baseline will be calculated as time-to-event from baseline date to participants' reported date of first use using timeline follow-back methods (Sobell \& Sobell, 1992) and reporting the approximate date they first used alcohol, an approach used in our current work (R01AA025611).
Time frame: Baseline, 1, 6, 12 month assessments
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Plan to share: Undecided
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