Examining an Intervention to Reduce High School Drinking

Conditions

• Adolescent Alcohol Use
• Drinking, Teen
• Underage Drinking

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

15 Years - 65 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• e-CHECKUP TO GO (eCTG) — BEHAVIORAL
  A brief, web-based program designed by San Diego State University to reduce high-risk drinking by providing personalized normative feedback regarding alcohol use, risk factors, and risks associated with drinking and accurate information about alcohol.
• e-Parent Intervention — BEHAVIORAL
  The e-Parent Intervention, which is an electronic handbook developed by Rob Turrisi to guide parents in discussing drinking, behaviors, and consequences with their teens.

Study Details

Underage drinking is a significant problem in the United States. While past research supports the efficacy of interventions in delaying the initiation of alcohol use implemented in middle school and early high school, research shows drinking by older high schoolers is problematic and interventions for older high schoolers remain limited. The current project will test the efficacy of the e-CHECKUP TO GO (eCTG), alone and combined with an electronic-Parent-Based Intervention (ePBI), for junior and senior high school students using a nationally representative sample with the goal of reducing alcohol use and negative consequences.

Key Dates

First listed

Jul 25, 2025

Start date

Mar 13, 2026

Status verified

Jul 2026

Primary completion

Sep 30, 2028

Completion

Sep 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

2,532 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: e-CHECKUP TO GO (eCTG)
  A brief, web-based program designed by San Diego State University to reduce high-risk drinking by providing personalized normative feedback regarding alcohol use, risk factors, and risks associated with drinking and accurate information about alcohol
• Experimental: e-Parent Intervention and eCTG (eCTG+)
  The eCTG+ is a combination of the eCTG and the e-Parent Intervention, which is an electronic handbook developed by Rob Turrisi to guide parents in discussing drinking, behaviors, and consequences with their teens.
• Experimental: e-Parent Intervention
  The e-Parent Intervention, which is an electronic handbook developed by Rob Turrisi to guide parents in discussing drinking, behaviors, and consequences with their teens.
• No Intervention: Control
  No intervention is provided

Primary Outcome Measure

Examine changes in alcohol use [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month ]

Central Contacts

• Nadine Mastroleo, PhD
  607-777-4369
  [email protected]
• Sarah Ackerman, MS
  814-865-4222
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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