Feedback, PsychologicalNetworkNCT03159286
Experimental Test of Facebook Social Drinking Norms on Adolescent Alcohol Use
A study testing Abstainer and Abstainer + User in people with Feedback, Psychological and Underage Alcohol Use, run by University of Washington at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The proposed research will be the first study to focus on experimentally manipulating both injunctive and descriptive norms on social networking sites in order to elucidate the relationship between alcohol and abstainer displays on social networking sites and subsequent alcohol cognitions, use, and related negative… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 15 to 20 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Feedback, Psychological, Underage Alcohol Use, Risk-Taking
- What is being tested?
- Abstainer and Abstainer + User
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 306 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 22 Mar 2017to 30 Apr 2018
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 15 to 20 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Must be between 15 and 20 years old
- Must reside within Seattle area
- Must use alcohol at least once in the last 6 months
- Must have valid email address
- Must have active profile on social networking site (Facebook, Instagram and/or Snapchat)
- Regular access to the web or personal mobile phone
- Willing to come to office for the experimental manipulation and post-manipulation assessment.
Who cannot join
- The only exclusion criteria is not to not meet the above inclusion criteria
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors
Seattle, Washington, 98105
About this study
The proposed research will be the first study to focus on experimentally manipulating both injunctive and descriptive norms on social networking sites in order to elucidate the relationship between alcohol and abstainer displays on social networking sites and subsequent alcohol cognitions, use, and related negative consequences. Based on literature focusing on developmentally appropriate health models for adolescents, the Prototype Willingness Model (PWM) assumes that health-risk behaviors occur either when individuals have developed intentions to engage in a risk behavior (and these intentions vary as a function of attitudes and perceived injunctive norms) or through willingness to engage in risks (which varies as a function of perceived vulnerability to negative consequences, perceived descriptive norms , and prototypes). To fully understand the relationships between alcohol abstaining displays on social networking sites, we will examine 1) the role of descriptive and injunctive abstainer and user norms, when experimentally manipulated with SNS profiles, on willingness and intentions, subsequent alcohol use and related negative consequences among adolescents (age 1 5-20) 2) whether intentions and willingness mediate the relation between our experimental manipulation and subsequent alcohol use and negative consequences and whether 3) individual differences in social influence moderate the effect of the experimental manipulation on intentions, willingness, alcohol use, and negative consequences. We will test these aims by recruiting a community sample of adolescents (N = 300), living in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. Participants will complete a web-based baseline assessment and participate in an in-person experimental manipulation in which they are either assigned to see same-sex social networking site profiles of alcohol abstainers, abstainers +users, or a control condition where neither user or abstainer information will be provided. Immediately after the manipulation, participants will answer a series of questions about the profiles they just viewed and their alcohol-related cognitions. Participants will also complete a one-month in person follow up assessment to test for impacts on intentions, willingness, alcohol use, and related negative consequences. Additionally, individual differences in social influence will be examined as possible moderators o f the relationship between SNS-portrayed norms and our primary outcomes. This study is both significant and innovative in that it uses a theoretical perspective to experimentally test the impact of alcohol content, in particular abstainer norms, on Facebook on adolescent alcohol use and related cognitions. The results have the potential to inform preventative interventions while addressing NIH priorities.
- Conditions
- Feedback, Psychological, Underage Alcohol Use, Risk-Taking
- Being tested
- Abstainer, Abstainer + User, Control
- Medical subject headings
- Underage Drinking, Risk-Taking
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
AbstainerBehavioural
Participants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content referencing abstaining from alcohol use.
Abstainer + UserBehavioural
Participants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content referencing abstaining from alcohol use and using alcohol.
ControlBehavioural
Participants view social networking site profiles with no alcohol content.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Abstainer | Experimental | Participants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content that references abstaining from alcohol use. Receives: Behavioral: Abstainer |
| Abstainer + User | Experimental | Participants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content that references both abstaining from alcohol use and using alcohol. Receives: Behavioral: Abstainer + User |
| Control | Experimental | Participants view social networking site profiles with no alcohol content. Receives: Behavioral: Control |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Willingness and Intentions to Use Alcohol
Assesses willingness to use alcohol and intentions to use alcohol at Baseline, Post-Manipulation, and 1-Month Follow-Up assessments.
Measured: Baseline, Post-Manipulation and 1-Month Follow-Up time points
Change in Self-Reported Alcohol Use
Assesses self-reported alcohol use (using the Daily Drinking Questionnaire and Quantity Frequency measures) at Baseline and 1-Month Follow-Up assessments.
Measured: Baseline and 1-Month Follow-Up time points
Change in Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences
Assesses alcohol-related negative consequences (using the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire) at Baseline and 1-Month Follow Up.
Measured: Baseline and 1-Month Follow-Up time points
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 May 2017
- Study start22 Mar 2017
- Primary completion1 Oct 2017
- Study completion30 Apr 2018
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Feedback, PsychologicalStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of WashingtonThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 306 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Washington
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Dana Litt, University of North Texas Health Science Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03159286
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 50829
- Acronym
- Network
- Status last verified
- Nov 2019
- First submitted
- 16 May 2017
- Last updated
- 21 Nov 2019
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: A select number of researchers will have access to unidentified participant data at the close of the study.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Nov 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Experimental Test of Facebook Social Drinking Norms on Adolescent Alcohol Use
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03159286
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Network / 50829
- Conditions
- Feedback, Psychological, Underage Alcohol Use, Risk-Taking
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 306 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of WashingtonUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Study start
- 22 Mar 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Oct 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Apr 2018 (actual)
- First posted
- 18 May 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The proposed research will be the first study to focus on experimentally manipulating both injunctive and descriptive norms on social networking sites in order to elucidate the relationship between alcohol and abstainer displays on social networking sites and subsequent alcohol cognitions, use, and related negative consequences. Based on literature focusing on developmentally appropriate health models for adolescents, the Prototype Willingness Model (PWM) assumes that health-risk behaviors occur either when individuals have developed intentions to engage in a risk behavior (and these intentions vary as a function of attitudes and perceived injunctive norms) or through willingness to engage in risks (which varies as a function of perceived vulnerability to negative consequences, perceived descriptive norms , and prototypes). To fully understand the relationships between alcohol abstaining displays on social networking sites, we will examine 1) the role of descriptive and injunctive abstainer and user norms, when experimentally manipulated with SNS profiles, on willingness and intentions, subsequent alcohol use and related negative consequences among adolescents (age 1 5-20) 2) whether intentions and willingness mediate the relation between our experimental manipulation and subsequent alcohol use and negative consequences and whether 3) individual differences in social influence moderate the effect of the experimental manipulation on intentions, willingness, alcohol use, and negative consequences. We will test these aims by recruiting a community sample of adolescents (N = 300), living in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. Participants will complete a web-based baseline assessment and participate in an in-person experimental manipulation in which they are either assigned to see same-sex social networking site profiles of alcohol abstainers, abstainers +users, or a control condition where neither user or abstainer information will be provided. Immediately after the manipulation, participants will answer a series of questions about the profiles they just viewed and their alcohol-related cognitions. Participants will also complete a one-month in person follow up assessment to test for impacts on intentions, willingness, alcohol use, and related negative consequences. Additionally, individual differences in social influence will be examined as possible moderators o f the relationship between SNS-portrayed norms and our primary outcomes. This study is both significant and innovative in that it uses a theoretical perspective to experimentally test the impact of alcohol content, in particular abstainer norms, on Facebook on adolescent alcohol use and related cognitions. The results have the potential to inform preventative interventions while addressing NIH priorities.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Abstainer | Experimental | Behavioral: AbstainerParticipants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content that references abstaining from alcohol use. |
| Abstainer + User | Experimental | Behavioral: Abstainer + UserParticipants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content that references both abstaining from alcohol use and using alcohol. |
| Control | Experimental | Behavioral: ControlParticipants view social networking site profiles with no alcohol content. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 15 to 20 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Must be between 15 and 20 years old
- Must reside within Seattle area
- Must use alcohol at least once in the last 6 months
- Must have valid email address
- Must have active profile on social networking site (Facebook, Instagram and/or Snapchat)
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The only exclusion criteria is not to not meet the above inclusion criteria
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| AbstainerParticipants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content referencing abstaining from alcohol use. | Behavioural | Abstainer |
| Abstainer + UserParticipants view social networking site profiles with alcohol content referencing abstaining from alcohol use and using alcohol. | Behavioural | Abstainer + User |
| ControlParticipants view social networking site profiles with no alcohol content. | Behavioural | Control |
Primary outcome
Change in Willingness and Intentions to Use Alcohol
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Manipulation and 1-Month Follow-Up time points
Assesses willingness to use alcohol and intentions to use alcohol at Baseline, Post-Manipulation, and 1-Month Follow-Up assessments.
Change in Self-Reported Alcohol Use
Time frame: Baseline and 1-Month Follow-Up time points
Assesses self-reported alcohol use (using the Daily Drinking Questionnaire and Quantity Frequency measures) at Baseline and 1-Month Follow-Up assessments.
Change in Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences
Time frame: Baseline and 1-Month Follow-Up time points
Assesses alcohol-related negative consequences (using the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire) at Baseline and 1-Month Follow Up.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Nov 2019.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. A select number of researchers will have access to unidentified participant data at the close of the study.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Abstainer and Abstainer + User in people with Feedback, Psychological and Underage Alcohol Use, run by University of Washington at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Nov 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Willingness and Intentions to Use Alcohol (time frame: Baseline, Post-Manipulation and 1-Month Follow-Up time points). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Nov 2019.