Parental Research on Interventions for Social Media

NCT04333966 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 2019-0351R34AA026332-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 202
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The prevalence of underage alcohol use continues to be a public health concern. Numerous studies have reported associations between teen drinking tendencies and parental attitudes and beliefs, parental awareness of teen drinking, parental monitoring and the quality of the parent-teen relationship and communication. The extensive work in this area has resulted in parent-based intervention (PBI) efforts to prevent or reduce adolescent alcohol use. Several independent studies have indicated that teens whose parents received a PBI reported less alcohol use and fewer alcohol-related consequences. Despite these strengths, one major limitation of PBI is that they do not currently take into account the large role that social networking sites (SNS) use plays in adolescents' lives and in relation to their alcohol use. Most (90%) adolescents are on SNS, and their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter profiles include alcohol content. Thus, adolescents are making and exposed to SNS alcohol displays and these displays are associated with high-risk drinking cognitions and alcohol use. As such, the investigators propose to develop and refine an interactive PBI designed to reduce high-risk SNS cognitions (i.e. attitudes and norms), alcohol use, and negative consequences among adolescents. To achieve study aims, the investigators propose an iterative process of focus groups in order to develop and refine the interactive PBI to be delivered in the pilot study with 1 and 6-month follow-up among 100 parent/teen dyads. The objective of this R34 application is to establish feasibility and acceptability of the newly developed interactive PBI that focuses on the role of SNS in adolescent alcohol use as well as to determine preliminary effect sizes for future studies. Determining an efficacious way to reduce alcohol use and high-risk alcohol display cognitions affords future research the opportunity to make use of social network-based interventions, thus the proposed research has great potential to serve as a catalyst for future research.

Conditions

Underage Drinking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Acceptability (Parent)- Program Usefulness

  Percentage of parents in the interactive PBI condition who agreed or strongly agreed that the program was useful

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

• Acceptability (Parent)- Relationship

  Percentage of parents assigned to Interactive PBI who agreed or strongly agreed that the program helped their relationship with their teen

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

• Acceptability (Teen)- Relationship

  Percentage of teens assigned to interactive PBI who agreed or strongly agreed that the program helped their relationship with their parent

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

• Acceptability (Teen)- Percentage Who Would Recommend the Program

  Percentage of teens assigned to the interactive PBI who would recommend the program

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

• Acceptability (Parent)- Percentage Who Would Recommend the Program

  Percentage of parents assigned to interactive PBI who would recommend the program

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Drinking Days in Past Month (Teen)

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

• Drinking Days in Past Month (Teen)

  Data will be collected at 6 month follow-up

• Communication About Alcohol and Social Media (Parent)

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

• Communication About Alcohol and Social Media (Parent)

  Data will be collected at 6 month follow-up

• Communication About Alcohol and Social Media (Teen)

  Data will be collected at 1 month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Interactive PBI

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents in the interactive PBI condition will receive an interactive web-based SNS PBI with text message prompts aimed to reduce adolescent alcohol use and risky cognitions related to alcohol displays on SNS.

Behavioral: Interactive Social Networking Site Parent Based Intervention

Active Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Parents in the active control condition will receive an emailed copy of the Surgeon General's Call toAction: A Guide for Families.

Behavioral: Active Control

Interventions

Interactive Social Networking Site Parent Based Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Parents in the interactive PBI condition will receive an interactive web-based SNS PBI with text message prompts aimed to reduce adolescent alcohol use and risky cognitions related to alcohol displays on SNS.

Interactive PBI

Active Control BEHAVIORAL

Parents in the active control condition will receive an emailed copy of the Surgeon General's Call to Action: A Guide for Families.

Active Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• have a child between the ages of 15-20 who currently lives with them
• believe that their child is active on at least one SNS
• live in Texas
• valid email address
• own a cell phone with text messaging capabilities and be ok with receiving messages
• provide valid contact information for their teen
• and willing to complete a 6 month long pilot study
• being between the ages of 15-20
• be active on at least one SNS
• live in Texas
• valid email address
• own a cell phone with text messaging capabilities and be ok with receiving messages
• and willing to complete a 6 month long pilot study

You may not qualify if:

• unwillingness to participate
• failure to provide consent (e.g., declining participation in the study)
• providing inconsistent responses (e.g., age) identified by the survey and introductory study telephone call
• and having already participated in the study as identified by overlap or consistency in computer IP addresses, contact information, and demographics.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Texas Health Science Center: lead
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, United States

Location

Related Publications (21)

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  PMID: 35579931 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Underage Drinking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adolescent Behavior; Behavior; Alcohol Drinking; Drinking Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Dana Litt
• Organization: University of North Texas Health Science Center

dana.litt@unthsc.edu

817-735-5453

Study Officials

• Dana M Litt, PhD

  University of North Texas Health Science Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 30, 2020
• First Posted: April 3, 2020
• Study Start: February 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2024
• Study Completion: March 15, 2024
• Last Updated: October 24, 2024
• Results First Posted: October 24, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)