ASPIRE to Change: Leveraging Text Messaging Peer Support Coaching to Mitigate Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in Non-Collegiate Young Adults

Summary

This project aims to test the efficacy of a text message intervention, ASPIRE, designed to address cognitive and behavioral elements and modify exposure to peers that influence drinking behaviors. Young adults who are contemplating reducing their drinking will be recruited from a national sample and randomized to ASPIRE versus a text message intervention focused solely on cognitive and behavioral elements. We will measure effectiveness at 3, 6, and 12 months, study mechanisms driving behavior change, and identify which subgroups stand to benefit most.

Eligibility

Age range

18–25 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Behavioral
  A text message alcohol intervention focused on cognitive, behavioral, and peer influences

  Each Thursday and Sunday ASPIRE will conduct brief text message communication aimed at modifying cognitive (e.g.desire to get drunk), behavioral (e.g.alcohol consumption), and peer influences (e.g.peer pressure and support).

• Behavioral
  A text message alcohol intervention focused on cognitive and behavioral influences

  Each Thursday and Sunday ASPIRE will conduct brief text message communication aimed at modifying cognitive (e.g. desire to get drunk) and behavioral (e.g. alcohol consumption) influences.

Location