Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Apr 7, 2022
Date Accepted: Apr 26, 2022
A parent-based intervention for reducing high-risk social media cognitions, alcohol use, and negative consequences among adolescents: Protocol for a randomized controlled pilot study
ABSTRACT
Background:
The prevalence of adolescent alcohol use continues to be a public health concern. Although adolescents spend an increasing amount of time with their friends, parents remain an important source of support and continue to play a key role in the lives of their adolescents. The extensive work in this area has resulted in parent-based intervention (PBI) efforts to prevent or reduce adolescent alcohol use. However, one major limitation of PBIs is that they do not currently consider the large role that social media play in adolescents’ lives and in relation to their alcohol use. We will add to the literature by developing and refining an interactive PBI designed to reduce both high-risk social media cognitions and alcohol use among adolescents.
Objective:
The central goal of the proposed study is to pilot a web-based PBI to reduce both high-risk social media cognitions and alcohol use among adolescents.
Methods:
A total of 100 parent-teen dyads will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) intervention or (2) control. Parents in the intervention condition will be given access to the PBI website and suggestions for working through the PBI modules with their teen. The parent-teen dyads will fill out three questionnaires: a baseline assessment, a 1-month assessment, and a 6-month assessment.
Results:
Recruitment and enrollment will begin in August 2022. Upon completion of the intervention trial, we will examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effect sizes of the newly developed web-based PBI.
Conclusions:
This study has the potential to open doors for future studies examining the clinical implications of an efficacious PBI to reduce alcohol use and high-risk cognitions about alcohol displays on social media. Clinical Trial: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04333966; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04333966
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