Brief Intervention for Socially Anxious College Drinkers

NCT00872118 | Completed Phase 1

• 3 other identifiers: NIAAA-Tran-AA014014R21AA017291NIH Grant R21AA014014
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 53
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a new brief intervention to reduce heavy drinking and social anxiety in college drinkers.

Conditions

Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol Negative Consequences; Social Anxiety

Keywords

alcohol consumption; social anxiety; brief intervention; motivational interviewing; cognitive behavioral

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• heavy drinking days

  pre-treatment, 1-month follow-up and 4-month follow-up

• total alcohol consumption

  pre-treatment, 1-month follow-up and 4-month follow-up

• drinking-related negative consequences

  pre-treatment, 1-month follow-up and 4-month follow-up

• social (interactional) anxiety

  pre-treatment, 1-month follow-up and 4-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• alcohol expectancies of social evaluative situations

  pre-treatment, 1-month follow-up and 4-month follow-up

• drink refusal self-efficacy in social situations

  pre-treatment, 1-month follow-up and 4-month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

Brief Intervention for Socially Anxious Drinkers

Behavioral: Brief Intervention for Socially Anxious Drinkers (BISAD)

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Enhanced Alcohol Skills and Education Program

Behavioral: Enhanced Alcohol Skills Building and Education Program

Interventions

Brief Intervention for Socially Anxious Drinkers (BISAD) BEHAVIORAL

integrated alcohol and social anxiety individual intervention

1

Enhanced Alcohol Skills Building and Education Program BEHAVIORAL

alcohol-focused group intervention

2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 26 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• at least one heavy drinking episode (4 or more drinks for women and 5 or more for men)
• occasional to frequent drinking related problems
• moderate social anxiety symptoms

You may not qualify if:

• history of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, organic brain syndrome or mental retardation
• current illicit substance dependence, severe alcohol dependence, anxiety disorders (except simple phobia), unipolar depression, major medical illness, pregnancy, suicidality, or homicidality

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Cincinnati: lead
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Psychology Department, University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45221-0376, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Tran, G.Q. (2008). Efficacy of a brief intervention for college hazardous drinkers with social anxiety: A randomized controlled pilot study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32 (Supplement), 190A.

  BACKGROUND

• Tran, G.Q., Lanman, S.A., Perciful, M.S., Thompson, R.D., & Smith, J.P. (2006). Promising inexpensive methods for recruiting college-age heavy drinkers for brief alcohol and social anxiety interventions. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30 (Supplement), 101A.

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

Crisis Intervention; Ethanol

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Alcohols; Organic Chemicals

Study Officials

• Giao Q. Tran, Ph.D.

  University of Cincinnati

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 27, 2009
• First Posted: March 31, 2009
• Study Start: April 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2007
• Study Completion: March 1, 2008
• Last Updated: September 16, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-09

Locations

US (1)