The goal of the current study is to develop and test an innovative, low-burden method of post-intervention contact that is based on principles of motivational interviewing and the elicitation of change talk. Participants will be randomly assigned to an assessment only control group, a standard BMI group or a BMI + video group. Participants in the BMI and BMI + video groups will complete a semi-structured, motivational intervention. Following the intervention, participants in the BMI + video group will be asked to create a personalized video in which they speak to their future self and describe their reasons for wanting to reduce their alcohol use and their commitment to change. Doctoral level psychology graduate students will assist participants in idea generation and creation of the post-intervention video. Video group participants will then be sent their personalized videos 21 days after the baseline session, a time when motivation to reduce drinking often begins to wane. It is hypothesized that participants in the BMI + video group will rate the video exercise as helpful, encouraging, and easy to complete. It is further hypothesized that, over the 6-week intervention period, (1) participants in the BMI + video group will reduce their alcohol use more than those in the standard BMI and control groups and (2) participants in the standard BMI group will reduce their alcohol use more than those in the control group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
120
Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing techniques and then record a self talk video discussing their goals and reasons for reducing their drinking.
Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Alcohol Consumption
Time frame: 6 weeks post intervention
Motivation to Change Rating Scale
This outcome measure asks: On a scale of 1 to 5, how likely are you to reduce your drinking over the next week, month, and year. In this scale 1 represents not at all likely and 5 represents extremely likely.
Time frame: 6 weeks post intervention
Rating Scales Assessing Satisfaction with the Intervention
This outcome measure asks participants to rate their experience with the intervention on a number of dimensions (e.g. empathic, personalized). Additionally, video participants are asked to rate the extent to which they experienced different emotions (e.g. anger, proudness) while watching their video recording. Responses range from not at all to extremely.
Time frame: 6 weeks post intervention
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