N/A
N=121
Text-based Alcohol Prevention for First Year College Students
College Drinking
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03864237 ↗Enrolled (actual)
121
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Apr 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Drinks Per Week as Assessed by the Daily Drinking Questionnaire — 9.55; 10.87 drinks per week — p=0.568
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Alcohol texts (Behavioral); Attention control (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Brown University
- Primary completion
- Apr 2019
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Drinks Per Week as Assessed by the Daily Drinking Questionnaire |
9.55; 10.87 | 0.568 |
| PRIMARY Alcohol-related Consequences as Assessed by the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire |
4.44; 5.32 | 0.077 |
| SECONDARY Protective Behavioral Strategies as Assessed by the Strategies Questionnaire - Alternative Sub Scale |
14.54; 13.53 | 0.30 |
| SECONDARY Perceived Descriptive Drinking Norms as Assessed by the Drinking Norms Rating Form |
11.46; 12.74 | 0.44 |
| SECONDARY Perceived Injunctive Drinking Norms as Assessed by an Adaptation of the Drinking Norms Rating Form |
15.72; 16 | 0.845 |
| SECONDARY Protective Behavioral Strategies as Assessed by the Strategies Questionnaire - Selective Avoidance Sub Scale |
5.9; 5.67 | 0.77 |
| SECONDARY Protective Behavioral Strategies as Assessed by the Strategies Questionnaire - Strategies Sub Scale |
12.90; 13.51 | 0.21 |
Summary
This project aims to combat excessive perceived norms that contribute to high volume drinking by young adults, which adversely affects health and academic achievement. Campus-specific survey data will be used to craft accurate, pro-moderation campus norms, and deliver them to first-year students via daily text messages during the first semester of college. It is predicted that those receiving regular exposure to pro-moderation drinking norms will reduce their alcohol consumption and consequences, relative to students who receive non-alcohol-related control texts. This preliminary evaluation uses a novel method of delivering drinking norms and will lay the groundwork for future efforts to scale up this novel alcohol misuse prevention approach.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- 18-20 years of age
- enrolled as a first-year undergraduate student
- past month risky drinking
- possession of a mobile phone with text message capacity
- use text messaging at least weekly
Exclusion Criteria
- currently engaged in alcohol treatment or in need of treatment (AUDIT score 20 or higher)
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03864237). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.