NCT05208593

Alcohol PBS and Thinking About the Past

Completed NA Last updated 13 April 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Negative Event + Counterfactual Task in Alcohol Drinking in College in 413 participants. Completed in 30 December 2022.

Timeline

15 February 2022

Primary endpoint
20 November 2022

30 December 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Texas A&M University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	413
Start date	15 February 2022
Primary completion	20 November 2022
Estimated completion	30 December 2022
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Negative Event + Counterfactual Task
• Personalized Normative Feedback
• Negative Event + Factual Thinking Task
• Negative Event Only

Conditions studied

• Alcohol Drinking in College — all drugs for Alcohol Drinking in College →

Sponsor

Texas A&M University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Alcohol Drinking in College. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Individuals often think of how a situation or outcome could have turned out differently -- if only something was different or something had changed, then the outcome could have been better or worse. This is a common type of thinking, known as counterfactual thinking, that often takes the form of "if only" statements. These thoughts are frequent after negative events, but have also been found to occur after positive events and 'near misses'. Research has shown that their evaluative nature elicits a variety of consequences, such as biased decision making, changes in an event's meaningfulness, heightened positive or negative affect, and future behavioral changes (such as intentions, motivation, persistence/effort. Specifically, many areas of research involving counterfactuals have often looked into key elements that are often discussed in other health behavior literature, such as self-efficacy, motivation, and intentions. One such area that incorporates these elements is health promotion literature, such as Protective Behavioral Strategies (PBS) and alcohol consumption. The objectives of this study are laid out as such: First, to further explore the role counterfactuals play in increasing an individual's intentions toward behavioral change. Second, to further elucidate the inner and outer workings of Protective Behavioral Strategies for increasing positive health behaviors. Finally, to address the applicability of a counterfactual intervention on promoting intentions to use PBS.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.