Translating Behavioral Economics Strategies to Culturally Tailor a Mobile Health Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking Behaviors in Black College Student Men
Florida State University
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of different types of text messages and a integrated gaming app to increase engagement in a mindfulness mobile health application. 1. Does receiving text messages increase engagement in a mindfulness app? 2. Does an integrated gaming app increase engagement in a mindfulness app? Researchers will examine whether participants engage more in a mindfulness mobile health application if they receive text messages and if they engage in additional gaming app on their smartphone. Participants will: 1. Use a mindfulness and gaming mobile health application for 28-days. 2. Complete a pre-study survey, post-study survey, follow-up interview, and 3-month follow-up survey in addition to daily brief surveys.
Description
Participants who are eligible to participate in the pilot micro-randomized trial (MRT) will be screened and onboarded via Zoom. They will be given baseline measures and trained on using the mindfulness app with integrated gaming app on their smartphone. Micro-randomizations will be used to address scientific questions related to the delivery and personalization of episodic future thinking and reciprocity engagement strategies in addition to gamification across the 28-day trial. The proposed pilot MRT will micro-randomize participants in the morning into one of three options: (i) episodic futur…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–29 years
- Sex
- Male
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * US-born * Black * biological man * undergraduate college student * criteria for binge drinking (5 drinks in about 2 hours) or heavy drinking (more than 14 drinks per week).
Interventions
- OtherMindfulness Smartphone Application
A mindfulness mobile health smartphone application that has mindfulness information and practice videos.
Location
- Florida State University Center for Translational Behavioral ScienceTallahassee, Florida