Evaluation of an Expectancy Challenge Intervention for Food and Alcohol Disturbance Among College Students
This study is testing a behavioral intervention called "Food and alcohol disturbance expectancy challenge." This intervention aims to help college students change their beliefs about food and alcohol disturbance (FAD), which involves using behaviors like restricting food to make up for alcohol calories or enhance alcohol's effects. The goal is to strengthen negative beliefs and weaken positive beliefs about FAD. You might be able to join if you are a college student between 18 and 25 years old and have engaged in FAD at least twice in the past month. The study will measure if the intervention changes your beliefs about FAD, if those changes lead to less FAD, and if you find the intervention helpful. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 75 participants.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 75 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- You would complete questionnaires at the start of the study, immediately after the intervention, and one month later.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- You would be followed for one month after the intervention.
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Evaluation of an Expectancy Challenge Intervention for Food and Alcohol Disturbance Among College Students
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Katherine A Berry, MS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Wyoming
- Alison Looby, PhD · STUDY_CHAIR · University of Wyoming
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What this trial measures
- Food and Alcohol Disturbance Expectancy QuestionnaireThis measure will be administered to all participants at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at the study's one-month follow-up
The Food and Alcohol Disturbance Expectancy Questionnaire is a 30-item self-report questionnaire that assesses positive and negative expectancies for FAD. Participants will be asked to indicate the extent to which they believe or expect each FAD-related outcome to occur if they engaged in FAD, using a five-point scale from 0 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). Scores on each factor will be summed and averaged, with higher scores indicating stronger expectancies.
- Food and Alcohol Disturbance Intentions QuestionsThis measure will be administered to all participants at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at the study's one-month follow-up
Two questions will be used to assess intentions to engage in FAD for both caloric compensation and alcohol enhancement motives. Items will be rated on a scale from 0 (Very unlikely) to 10 (Very likely), with higher scores indicating greater intentions to engage in FAD.
- College Eating and Drinking Behaviors ScaleThis measure will be administered at baseline and at the one-month follow-up
The CEDBS is a 21-item questionnaire that measures the frequency of past-month FAD. Items are rated on a scale from 1 (Never) to 6 (Always), with higher scores indicating more frequent FAD.
- Food and Alcohol Disturbance Timeline FollowbackThis measure will be administered at baseline and at the one-month follow-up
This measure will assess past-month FAD frequency, including FAD motives and compensatory behaviors. The number of days that participants reported engaging in FAD will be summed, with higher scores indicating more frequent FAD.