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Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use Among Youth

University of Pittsburgh · with National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) · NCT07463118

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 14–18 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
1992
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 10, 2026
Record last updated
July 16, 2026

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What the study is about

This is a randomized controlled trial to learn if the Singularities, a game-based intervention, works to reduce alcohol-related harms among youth. It will also learn if Singularities reduces alcohol use behaviors and improves alcohol protective behavioral strategies, adaptive coping skills, and healthy social media use. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does Singularities reduce the frequency of experiencing alcohol-related harms and alcohol use behaviors?
  • Does Singularities improve alcohol protective behavioral strategies, adaptive coping skills, and healthy social media use?

Researchers will compare Singularities to an attention control program, Food4Thought, a game-based intervention about nutrition, physical activity, and teen well-being, to see if Singularities works to reduce alcohol-related harms.

Participants will

  • Partake in either Singularities or Food4Thought, both of which will be completed over the course of one month
  • Take 4 online surveys over the course of one year
  • Complete an optional online interview after the surveys

Being studied: Food4Thought; Singularities

Conditions: Alcohol Problem

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Able to comfortably participate in English
  • Live in the U.S.
  • 14-18 years old
  • Have an internet-accessible computer, smart phone, or tablet
  • Provide an email address
  • Have drank alcohol in their lifetime or intend to in the next year

Exclusion Criteria

  • None

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, PA 15213

    Site contact: Robert WS Coulter, PhD · 4126240647 · robert.ws.coulter@pitt.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Robert WS Coulter, PhD, MPH · 412-624-0647 · robert.ws.coulter@pitt.edu
  • James E Egan, PhD, MPH · 412-624-2255 · jee48@pitt.edu
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