Brief Religious Alcohol Intervention

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study is a trial of a brief alcohol intervention, a brief expressive writing intervention that incorporates religious identity.

Official Title
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Brief Religious Alcohol Intervention

Conditions
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Heavy Drinking

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Expressive Writing


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 18 to 29 years old Have had a binge episode (4/5 drinks on one occasion for women/men) at least once in the past month UH students Exclusion Criteria: Participants who are currently enrolled in treatment for alcohol or other substances Participants who have been diagnosed with and/or treated for verbal learning disabilities

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 29 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Participants will be randomized to either an intervention condition, where they will write about how their drinking relates to their religious identity, or to a control condition, where they will write about how their drinking relates to their age.
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Religious Prompt<br>Participants will be provided a writing prompt that describes their self-reported drinking, then asks them to write for 5 to 10 minutes about how that drinking is associated with their self-reported religious identity. After completing that writing assignment, participants will be shown their response, and asked to spend 5 to 10 minutes describing how their drinking behaviors in the next month might change. | Behavioral: Expressive Writing<br>* The participants are asked to write for a period of time about specific concepts so that they think carefully and cognitively process the information they are generating.<br>|
| Sham Comparator: Age Prompt<br>Participants will be provided a writing prompt that describes their self-reported drinking, then asks them to write for 5 to 10 minutes about how that drinking is associated with their self-reported age. After completing that writing assignment, participants will be shown their response, and asked to spend 5 to 10 minutes describing how their drinking behaviors in the next month might change. | Behavioral: Expressive Writing<br>* The participants are asked to write for a period of time about specific concepts so that they think carefully and cognitively process the information they are generating.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in the Timeline Follow-Back one month following the intervention | Participants report number of drinks consumed each day over the last month. | It will be assessed before the intervention and one month following the intervention. | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chang in the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire one month following the intervention | Participants respond to a list of common consequences of alcohol use indicating whether or not they have experienced them. The scale name is the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (Read, Kahler, Strong, & Colder, 2006). The construct of interest measured by this scale is the alcohol problems experienced by the participant. The total score is used, and the range for the total score is 0 to 48. | It will be assessed before the intervention and one month following the intervention. |