Project e-PBI+ - Parent Intervention to Reduce College Student Drinking and Cannabis Use

Description

College students' risky drinking and cannabis use are major public health problems. The harms associated with risky drinking have been well-documented (such as deaths, blackouts, injuries, assaults, arrests, sexual consequences, academic consequences). Both college health administrators and parents have requested electronic parent-based interventions (e-PBIs) with additional content on cannabis. Parents have demonstrated ample motivation to communicate with their teens. The proposed research will attempt to enhance an existing effective e-PBI, curb the alarming trends noted in the literature, and move the field forward by conducting a randomized controlled trial testing a modified version of the e-PBI that includes updated content including the most up-to-date scientific information from cannabis studies (e-PBI+).

Conditions

Underage Drinking, Cannabis Use, Drinking, Teen, Drinking, College, College Drinking, Teen Drinking

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

College students' risky drinking and cannabis use are major public health problems. The harms associated with risky drinking have been well-documented (such as deaths, blackouts, injuries, assaults, arrests, sexual consequences, academic consequences). Both college health administrators and parents have requested electronic parent-based interventions (e-PBIs) with additional content on cannabis. Parents have demonstrated ample motivation to communicate with their teens. The proposed research will attempt to enhance an existing effective e-PBI, curb the alarming trends noted in the literature, and move the field forward by conducting a randomized controlled trial testing a modified version of the e-PBI that includes updated content including the most up-to-date scientific information from cannabis studies (e-PBI+).

A Randomized Clinical Trial: Examining a Brief Parent-intervention to Reduce College Student Drinking and Cannabis Use

Project e-PBI+ - Parent Intervention to Reduce College Student Drinking and Cannabis Use

Condition
Underage Drinking
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

University Park

Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, 16802

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Parent and teen both consent and complete baseline (forming a dyad testing unit)
  • * Outside of the teen age range; both parent and teen do not consent and complete baseline

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 19 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Penn State University,

Robert Turrisi, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Penn State University

Study Record Dates

2026-07