Evaluation of an Expectancy Challenge Intervention for Food and Alcohol Disturbance Among College Students
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-25
SponsorUniversity of Wyoming
About this trial
This study aims to create and test an intervention that helps college students re-evaluate their beliefs about food and alcohol disturbance (FAD) and, in turn, reduce how often they engage in it or intend to in the future. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Does the intervention help students have less positive beliefs about the effects of FAD and more negative beliefs about its effects? 2. If college students' beliefs about FAD change, does that lead them to engage in it less often or plan to do it less? 3. Will college students who engage in FAD sign up for the study, complete it, and feel that the intervention is helpful and valuable?
Participants will take part in one 2-hour in-person laboratory-based study session where they will fill out surveys, learn about FAD, and engage in exercises designed to challenge their existing beliefs about it. They will also complete a follow-up survey online one month after their in-person study visit.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Must be between the ages of 18 and 25
Must report engaging in FAD at least two times over the past month
Disqualifiers
They have a current or past history of receiving psychological treatment for their alcohol use and/or eating behaviors
They are currently trying to reduce their drinking
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Food and alcohol disturbance expectancy challenge
BehavioralThe intervention will focus on strengthening negative FAD expectancies and weakening positive FAD expectancies.
Treatment groups
75 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: FAD Expectancy Challenge ConditionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Disordered Eating PsychoeducationNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Food and Alcohol Disturbance Expectancy Questionnaire
The Food and Alcohol Disturbance Expectancy Questionnaire is a 30-item self-report questionnaire that assesses positive and negative expectancies for FAD. Participants will be asked to indicate the extent to which they believe or expect each FAD-related outcome to occur if they engaged in FAD, using a five-point scale from 0 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). Scores on each factor will be summed and averaged, with higher scores indicating stronger expectancies.
Time frame
This measure will be administered to all participants at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at the study's one-month follow-up2
Food and Alcohol Disturbance Intentions Questions
Two questions will be used to assess intentions to engage in FAD for both caloric compensation and alcohol enhancement motives. Items will be rated on a scale from 0 (Very unlikely) to 10 (Very likely), with higher scores indicating greater intentions to engage in FAD.
Time frame
This measure will be administered to all participants at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at the study's one-month follow-up3
College Eating and Drinking Behaviors Scale
The CEDBS is a 21-item questionnaire that measures the frequency of past-month FAD. Items are rated on a scale from 1 (Never) to 6 (Always), with higher scores indicating more frequent FAD.
Time frame
This measure will be administered at baseline and at the one-month follow-up4
Food and Alcohol Disturbance Timeline Followback
This measure will assess past-month FAD frequency, including FAD motives and compensatory behaviors. The number of days that participants reported engaging in FAD will be summed, with higher scores indicating more frequent FAD.
Time frame
This measure will be administered at baseline and at the one-month follow-upSecondary outcomes
1
Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire
The Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire is a 24-item self-reported questionnaire that assesses past-month alcohol-related negative consequences using a dichotomous "Yes" or "No" response item format. A composite score indicating how many consequences participants experienced will be created by summing the number of alcohol problems reported. Higher scores will represent greater alcohol consequences.
Time frame
This measure will be administered at baseline and at the one-month follow-upSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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