Coping Skills for Alcohol Use

NCT05356533 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY000089981R34AA028074
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A total of 120 young adults who drink to cope with negative affect will be randomized to a 4-week, web-based intervention with interactive modules on cognitive-behavioral skills (n=60) or an assessment only control (n=60). Participants will complete 4 weekly assessments and a 1- and 3-month follow-up.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking; Coping Skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Alcohol Use-Peak Drinks

  Peak number of drinks; Item measuring peak alcohol consumption, "Think of the occasion you drank the most this past month. How much did you drink?", response options ranged from 0 (0 drinks) to 25 (25+ drinks);

  past month

• Alcohol Use-drinks Per Week

  The DDQ (Collins, Parks, \& Marlatt, 1985) was used to measure the quantity of alcohol consumed by asking participants to estimate the typical number of drinks consumed on each day of the week, on average during the past month. A sum score of weekly total drinks per week was then calculated as the sum of the total number of drinks per week reported.

  past month

• Alcohol Use-heavy Episodic Drinking

  Heavy Episodic Drinking; NIAAA item assessing binge drinking, "During the past month, how often did you have \[4 or more drinks (for women) /5 or more drinks (for men)\] containing any kind of alcohol within a two-hour period?", response options ranged from 0 (Never) to 7 (Every day);

  past month

• Alcohol Negative Consequences

  Alcohol Negative Consequences, Sum score (count) of negative consequences taken from Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire; Scores ranged from 0-24, with higher scores associated with more consequences.

  Past Month

• Alcohol Coping

  The Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQR; Grant V.V., Stewart S.H., O'Connor R.M., Backwell E., \& Conrod P.J. (2007). Psychometric evaluation of the five-factor Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised in undergraduates. Addictive Behaviors, 32(11), 2611-2632. Doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.07.004 ) was used to assess reasons for drinking. Using a 5-point scale (ranging from 'almost never/never' to 'almost always/always' participants rate how frequently they use alcohol for various reasons. The alcohol coping motives subscale was used which takes the average of the 9 items on the coping-depression subscale. Average scores ranged from 1-5, with higher scores are associated with greater use of coping.

  Past Month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Depressive Symptoms

  Past month

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A total of 60 young adults will be randomized to the 4-week, web-based drinking to cope intervention.

Behavioral: Drinking to Cope CBT skills

Assessment Control

NO INTERVENTION

A total of 60 young adults will be randomized to the assessment only control condition.

Interventions

Drinking to Cope CBT skills BEHAVIORAL

Young adults who drink to cope with negative affect will receive 8 web-based modules with cognitive behavioral skills

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• \- Eligibility criteria at recruitment include: 1)18-25 years old; 2) Currently live in the state of WA, 3) Have a valid email address and phone number, 4) Drank alcohol at least once in the past month, 5) report at least 1 alcohol-related problem in the past month, 6) report using alcohol to cope with distress via negative reinforcement (i.e., to provide relief or reduction of stress or depressed mood) in the past month

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

Study Sites (1)

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking Behavior; Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Jennifer Cadigan
• Organization: University of Washington

cadiganj@uw.edu

206-543-5689

Study Officials

• Jennifer M Cadigan, PhD

  University of Washington

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, School of Medicine: Psychiatry

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 27, 2022
• First Posted: May 2, 2022
• Study Start: April 4, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2022
• Study Completion: December 30, 2022
• Last Updated: October 1, 2024
• Results First Posted: October 1, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)