Coping Skills for Alcohol Use

University of Washington120 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking Coping Skills

Interventions

Drinking to Cope CBT skillsBEHAVIORAL

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

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 25 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: \- 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 Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (1)

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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);

Time frame: 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.

Time frame: 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);

Time frame: 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.

Time frame: 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.

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Coping Skills for Alcohol Use

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

Locations (1)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes