Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: AMICA: Assessing the Fit of Motivational Interviewing by Cultures With Adolescents
Brief Summary: Hispanic adolescents experience more severe alcohol-related consequences due to their alcohol abuse and yet significantly fewer Hispanic adolescents receive alcohol treatment, particularly among justice-involved youth. Despite the level of research that has been conducted on motivational interviewing (MI) with mainstream samples, no published studies have investigated the efficacy of this brief, individual intervention with Hispanic adolescents. The overarching objective of this application is to evaluate the efficacy of a brief individual intervention (MI) for problem drinking behaviors with a sample of justice-involved Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents to determine if this intervention is differentially effective between Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents. Specifically, the first aim is to determine whether an MI intervention targeting alcohol abuse is effective at reducing alcohol use and related risk behavior in a sample of adolescent alcohol abusers. The second aim is to examine whether the effects of MI on problem drinking outcomes (e.g., alcohol problems, quantity of drinking, frequency of binging) are different between Hispanic versus Caucasian adolescents. Because it is important to determine the mechanisms that mediate the effects of MI and determine whether these mechanisms differ between Caucasian and Hispanic adolescents, the third aim is to examine whether group (Hispanic vs. Caucasian) moderates the mediational linkages in the overall model using a cross-groups approach to moderated mediation. To accomplish these aims, 453 Caucasian and Hispanic justice-involved alcohol abusing adolescents (ages 14-17) will be randomized to either two 60 minute MI interventions (one at baseline and a second, one week later) or an education condition. All adolescents will receive behavioral assessments at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. The proposed research is expected to take a significant step towards reducing current racial/ethnic health disparities in alcohol treatment for Hispanic adolescents.


Options:
A: Arm Label: Screening/motivational drug intervention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Screening/motivational drug intervention | Arm Label: Motivational placebo intervention; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Motivational placebo intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Screening/motivational drug intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Screening/motivational drug intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Motivational placebo intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Motivational placebo intervention
B: Arm Label: Brief Intervention; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing | Arm Label: Standard Intervention; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Other: Education | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Motivational Interviewing; Assigned to Arm(s): Brief Intervention | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Education; Assigned to Arm(s): Standard Intervention
C: Arm Label: Motivational Interviewing (MI); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MI) | Arm Label: Brief Adolescent Mindfulness (BAM); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Brief Adolescent Mindfulness (BAM) | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Motivational Interviewing (MI); Assigned to Arm(s): Motivational Interviewing (MI) | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Brief Adolescent Mindfulness (BAM); Assigned to Arm(s): Brief Adolescent Mindfulness (BAM)
D: Arm Label: Treatment As Usual (TAU); Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Motivation Enhancement Therapy (MET) | Arm Label: Peer-delivered Twelve Step Facilitation; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Peer-Twelve Step Facilitation (P-TSF) | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Motivation Enhancement Therapy (MET); Assigned to Arm(s): Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Peer-Twelve Step Facilitation (P-TSF); Assigned to Arm(s): Peer-delivered Twelve Step Facilitation

Answer: B