A Mobile Intervention for Black Individuals Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking

Description

The purpose of this study is to develop and examine a culturally adapted, mobile health application for the Android and iOS platform. The application uses a personalized feedback intervention (PFI) designed to enhance knowledge regarding adverse anxiety-alcohol interrelations, increase motivation and intention to reduce hazardous drinking, and reduce positive attitudes and intention regarding anxiety-related alcohol use among Black hazardous drinkers with clinical anxiety.

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse, Anxiety

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to develop and examine a culturally adapted, mobile health application for the Android and iOS platform. The application uses a personalized feedback intervention (PFI) designed to enhance knowledge regarding adverse anxiety-alcohol interrelations, increase motivation and intention to reduce hazardous drinking, and reduce positive attitudes and intention regarding anxiety-related alcohol use among Black hazardous drinkers with clinical anxiety.

A Mobile-Delivered Personalized Feedback Intervention for Black Individuals Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking

A Mobile Intervention for Black Individuals Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking

Condition
Alcohol Abuse
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Houston

RESTORE Laboratory: Research on Emotion, Substance Treatment Outcomes, and Racial Equity, Houston, Texas, United States, 77204

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Being 21 years of age or older
  • * Self-identifying as Black or African American
  • * Meeting criteria for current hazardous drinking pattern
  • * Meeting criteria for clinical anxiety
  • * Being able to provide written, informed consent
  • * Owning a smartphone.
  • * Current participation in alcohol or other substance abuse treatment
  • * Engaged in psychotherapy for anxiety or depression
  • * Concurrent use of medication for anxiety or depression
  • * Being pregnant by self-report
  • * Residence outside of the United States confirmed via survey geolocation
  • * Inability to provide a valid United States-issued driver's license or identification card to verify identity.

Ages Eligible for Study

21 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Houston,

Michael Zvolensky, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Houston

Study Record Dates

2024-08-31