Resource Allocation for Alcohol

A total of 150 young adults (ages 21-29) will be randomized to receive a brief alcohol intervention (intended to reduce alcohol-related resource allocation (e.g., time and money spent on alcohol), alcohol consumption, and alcohol related consequences) or an assessment only control condition.

All participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation.

All participants will complete a 1 and 3 month follow up survey. Participants can earn up to $126 for completing all study components.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Alcohol Drinking
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Resource Allocation; Other: assessment only control

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 150
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Jennifer Cadigan, PhD; Phone Number: 206-543-5689; Email: cadiganj@uw.edu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1)21-29 years old, 2) reside within WA state, 3) report drinking 2+ days per week, on average, in the last six months, 4) report 4+ heavy drinking episodes (4+/5+ for women/men) in the past month,

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1) currently enrolled in a 4-year college, 2) currently in or seeking treatment for alcohol use

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Resource Allocation Intervention; Participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week. The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how they spent their time and money each day. Reviewing the intervention feedback should take no longer than 10 minutes.	Behavioral: Resource Allocation; Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how they spent their time and money each day. Reviewing the intervention feedback should take no longer than 10 minutes.
Active Comparator: Assessment only control; Participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.	Other: assessment only control; participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Standard drinks containing alcohol-	We will assess the number of standard drinks, containing alcohol in a typical week collected on the Daily Drinking Questionnaire DDQ; Collins et al., 1985; Kivlahan et al., 1990)	past 1 month
Alcohol-related problems	We will assess the number of alcohol-related consequences experienced using the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index.	past 1 month
Alcohol Demand	Alcohol demand will be assessed with the Alcohol Purchase Task.	past 1 month
Time allocation	Time allocation will be assessed (Murphy et al.,2012) where participants will indicate, on average, how many hours they spend in a typical week in various domains including alcohol-related domains.	past 1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Washington
• Collaborators: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jennifer Cadigan, PhD, University of Washington

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): March 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 22, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 28, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 29, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 29, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 28, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Drinking Behavior; Alcohol Drinking
• Other Study ID Numbers: STUDY00018018; 1R34AA029478-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No