Loyola Marymount University
This study evaluates the impact of a novel smartphone application on alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, and psychological well-being. Participants invited into the study are biological females between the ages of 18 and 69 years of age who signup to use the app and who live in the United States.
The app will be advertised as it would be in the real-world as a free, app-based competition designed to test social perceptions, reinforce shared reality, and boost belongingness among biological women. Then, a random sub-sample of new users already engaging with the app (N=1752) will be invited take part in an incentivized sub-study (RCT), consent to participate, and complete a baseline survey. After the survey, they will be block randomized to use either the fully featured app (treatment) or psychoeducation only (control) during a 3 month intervention period, then complete follow-up surveys…
Inclusion Criteria: To use the intervention app individuals must: * Download the app from the Apple or Android app store * Be a biological female * Reside in the United States * Be 18 years of age or older * Accept the Terms of Service \& Privacy Policy for the app To take part in the RCT participants must also: * Be between 18 and 69 years of age. * Receive an on-screen pop-up invitation to take part in the study * Review the informed consent information and consent to participate * Confirm that they meet app use inclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria for both app and RCT: * Not meeting…
The gamified social app supporting womens' health and well-being delivers weekly gamified personalized normative feedback on questions about alcohol use, stress coping behaviors, other health behaviors, and mental health experiences, in the context of a social guessing game about peers. The app also includes an interactive social community (browsable profiles, social feed allowing users to post, like, comment, and discuss), and a supportive psychoeducational resource library that contains 35 supportive articles written by experts in womens' health and well-being.
This is a web version of the app's psychoeducational resource library containing 35 articles written by experts in womens' physical and mental health. The article library is identical to what is available inside the app.
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