Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Not yet recruiting
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT05332275 |
| Other study ID # |
IRB202101350 -N-R |
| Secondary ID |
R34DA052793PRO00 |
| Status |
Not yet recruiting |
| Phase |
N/A
|
| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
August 1, 2023 |
| Est. completion date |
May 31, 2024 |
Study information
| Verified date |
June 2023 |
| Source |
University of Florida |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
Entertainment media commonly depict SU, and youth exposure to media SU is linked to youth
initiation and progression of SU behavior. Parenting practices reduce exposure to and may
mitigate risk associated with media depictions of SU, thus this research proposal will build
upon current understanding of effective media parenting with the end goal of developing and
testing a media parenting intervention designed to reduce youth risk for SU.
Description:
Youth substance use (SU) is associated with many negative developmental outcomes including
morbidity and mortality. Initiation of SU typically occurs during adolescence, and SU
behavior often co-occurs with other risk behaviors (e.g., risky sexual behavior). Exposure to
SU in the media is a well-documented influence on SU behavior, as it predicts early onset SU
and progression to more problematic SU behavior. Media effects, while demonstrated to be
consistent, stable, and strong even accounting for other social influences and personality
characteristics, have received little attention in preventative SU research; yet youth
exposure to media SU is a modifiable environmental risk for youth SU behavior. Parents can
mitigate SU risk by limiting media SU exposures and intervening when youth are exposed.
Parents report lack of media parenting skills, however, and no media parenting intervention
designed specifically to reduce youth risk for SU exists. This project will examine the role
of media parenting behaviors to reduce risk for early onset of youth SU. This program of
research focuses on media depictions of SU, an important social and environmental influence
implicated in the development, maintenance, and treatment of SU disorders. Specifically, the
aims of this project are to target media-related mechanisms underlying SU initiation and
associated risk factors as they relate to youth development. Improved understanding of
specific parenting behaviors that contribute to prevention of youth SU, and mechanisms by
which parenting behaviors may reduce risk related to media could inform the development of
new and more effective interventions. Research aims in this application are designed to
progress towards the end goal of developing a scalable, evidence-informed media parenting
intervention to reduce youth risk for SU. First, intervention content that follows the
T.E.C.H. Parenting framework developed by Gabrielli and Marsch will be refined with two focus
groups of approximately 8 parents each (Aim 1). Once intervention content is finalized, using
randomized control trial (RCT) design with an attention control comparison group, the
T.E.C.H. Parenting intervention will be tested in a sample of 120 parent participants (Aim
2). Innovations include the use of web-based intervention content with supplemental push
messaging to participants. Implementation data will be collected as part of the RCT to
determine feasibility of web-delivered components of intervention content as well as
usability and acceptability of intervention content from participants. This project is highly
innovative in the use of technology to support parental engagement and dissemination of
intervention. Further, web delivery of content provides an opportunity for parents to
practice media parenting skills within the digital environment in a way that is adapted to
the needs of the individual family and can be implemented in a range of diverse clinical
settings.
