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NCT Number: NCT07036198

CPNF Intervention Development and Testing

The project will develop brief interventions that allow participants to customize which groups they receive feedback for in relation to things such as drinking norms for younger or older students, student athletes, etc. The goal is to provide content that is meaningful and engaging to all users.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol Use Alcohol Drinking Behavior Drinking Behavior

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

About this study

The project will develop and pilot test an innovative paradigm for leveraging social norms within brief interventions that entails user customization of which (and how many) normative referent groups they receive feedback for so that the content is meaningful and engaging to all users.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Enrolled at the University of Washington either part- or full-time
  • Report 3 or more past-month drinking occasions
  • Report 3 or more drinks per occasion in the past month, on average
  • Report 4 or more drinks during the peak drinking occasion in the past month
  • Pass attention-check items

Exclusion criteria

N/A

Treatment and study plan

Customizable personalized normative feedback (CPNF)

Behavioral

The CPNF intervention allows individuals to explore normative feedback for a wider variety of referent groups so that PNF is a truly personalized and engaging experience.

Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF)

Behavioral

Correcting misperceptions about peers' alcohol use behaviors and contrasting one's own use to the actual norms of their peers.

Attention-matched control (AMC)

Behavioral

Participants in the AMC condition will complete all measures at the same time as participants in the CPNF condition but will not receive any information on drinking norms. Instead, participants in the AMC will receive normative feedback on sleep health, video game use, and gambling behaviors, and will similarly be able to choose the normative referent groups they wish to view feedback on for these behaviors. The AMC will thus serve as a non-treatment comparison that controls for assessment reactivity and effects of history and maturation.

Primary outcomes

  1. Alcohol use - drinks per month

    Time frame: Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    Daily Drinking Questionnaire will assess drinks on average over the past month by recording the number of drinks consumed on each day of a typical week. Response options range from 0 drinks to 25+ drinks. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome.

  2. Alcohol use - Quantity per occasion

    Time frame: Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    Quantity/Frequency/Peak Alcohol Use Index will assess amount of alcohol consumed over the past month with how many days alcohol was consumed, average consumption, and peak consumption. Response options range from 0 to 30 days for frequency, and 1 to 12+ drinks for quantity and peak. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome.

  3. Alcohol use - Heavy episodic drinking

    Time frame: Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    Heavy Episodic Drinking measure will assess how many times over the past month heavy drinking episodes occurred, defined as 4 or more drinks (females) or 5 or more drinks (males) on a single occasion. Response options range from 0 to 7 days. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome.

  4. Alcohol use - Peak drinks & peak BAC

    Time frame: Screening, Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    Electronic Blood Alcohol content will be assessed and calculated using peak drinks over x amount of time. A lower BAC is a better outcome, a higher BAC is a worse outcome.

  5. Alcohol use - Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

    Time frame: Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    The AUDIT is a 10-item self-report screening tool assessing hazardous and harmful alcohol use over the past year. Items are rated on varying 5-point Likert-type scales assessing frequency, quantity, and consequences of alcohol use. Lower score is a better outcome, higher score is a worse outcome.

  6. Alcohol use - Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    The Brief YAACQ is a 24-item assessment of alcohol-related consequences in young adults. Response options for the items are yes or no. Higher score (i.e. more 'yes' responses) is a worse outcome, lower score (i.e. more 'no' responses) is a better outcome.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Perceived descriptive norms for each normative referent group

    Time frame: Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    Gathered via Shortened Drinking Norms Rating Form. 7 items assess belief for what's an acceptable number of drinks each day of the week with responses ranging from 0 to 25+ drinks.

  2. Perceived injunctive drinking norms for typical students at UW

    Time frame: Baseline, Follow-ups, an average of 3 months

    Gathered via the Injunctive Drinking Norms Rating Form. 7 items assess belief for what a typical UW college student drinks on each day of each day of the week with responses ranging from 0 to 25+ drinks.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Registry information

Official study title

A User-Customizable Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention for Alcohol Harm Reduction in Young Adults: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy

Acronym: Project SHIFT

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jun 25, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 14, 2026

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