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NCT03159286 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA
Experimental Test of Facebook Social Drinking Norms on Adolescent Alcohol Use
A NA study, sponsored by University of Washington.
- Completed
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 306
- Enrollment target
NCT03159286: Completed NA study, sponsored by University of Washington.
NCT03159286 is a NA study that has completed, run by University of Washington. The registered enrollment target is 306 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (78% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.
The verdict
NCT03159286, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by University of Washington.
- COMPLETED
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 306 participants
- Enrollment target
Study Summary
The proposed research will be the first study to focus on experimentally manipulating both injunctive and descriptive norms on social networking sites in order to elucidate the relationship between alcohol and abstainer displays on social networking sites and subsequent alcohol cognitions, use, and related negative consequences. Based on literature focusing on developmentally appropriate health models for adolescents, the Prototype Willingness Model (PWM) assumes that health-risk behaviors occur either when individuals have developed intentions to engage in a risk behavior (and these intentions vary as a function of attitudes and perceived injunctive norms) or through willingness to engage in risks (which varies as a function of perceived vulnerability to negative consequences, perceived descriptive norms , and prototypes). To fully understand the relationships between alcohol abstaining displays on social networking sites, we will examine 1) the role of descriptive and injunctive abstainer and user norms, when experimentally manipulated with SNS profiles, on willingness and intentions, subsequent alcohol use and related negative consequences among adolescents (age 1 5-20) 2) whether intentions and willingness mediate the relation between our experimental manipulation and subsequent alcohol use and negative consequences and whether 3) individual differences in social influence moderate the effect of the experimental manipulation on intentions, willingness, alcohol use, and negative consequences. We will test these aims by recruiting a community sample of adolescents (N = 300), living in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. Participants will complete a web-based baseline assessment and participate in an in-person experimental manipulation in which they are either assigned to see same-sex social networking site profiles of alcohol abstainers, abstainers +users, or a control condition where neither user or abstainer information will be provided. Immediately after the
Primary Outcome
Assesses willingness to use alcohol and intentions to use alcohol at Baseline, Post-Manipulation, and 1-Month Follow-Up assessments.
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL Control
- BEHAVIORAL Abstainer
- BEHAVIORAL Abstainer + User
Trial Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Enrollment Target | 306 participants |
| Start Date | 2017-03-22 |
| Est. Completion | 2018-04-30 |
| Phase | NA |
What the finished NCT03159286 record still lists
NCT03159286 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registered 306 participants enrollment target is mid-sized for trials with a published cap, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (78% lower).
The record links to 0 conditions, and to 3 interventions - of which Control is the first listed.
NCT03159286 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is clinical trial NCT03159286 about?
NCT03159286 is a clinical study titled "Experimental Test of Facebook Social Drinking Norms on Adolescent Alcohol Use". The proposed research will be the first study to focus on experimentally manipulating both injunctive and descriptive norms on social networking sites in order to elucidate the relationship between alcohol and abstainer displays on social networking sites and subsequent alcohol cognitions, use, and ...
What is the current status of trial NCT03159286?
This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 306 participants. The study started on 2017-03-22. Estimated completion is 2018-04-30.
What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03159286?
The interventions under investigation include: Control (BEHAVIORAL), Abstainer (BEHAVIORAL), Abstainer + User (BEHAVIORAL).
Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03159286?
This trial is sponsored by University of Washington, which has 1,048 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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How this trial's enrollment target compares
Where NCT03159286's enrollment target sits among peer trials
306 324th of 2000 higher than 1,674 of 2,000 other NA trials
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08
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