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MATAspire: Mental Health Awareness Tailored App for Substance Prevention and Integrated Resilience Education

California State University, Northridge · NCT06553196

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
1000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
August 24, 2024
Record last updated
October 22, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The MATAspire intervention is a web-app designed to promote substance misuse prevention education and bolster protective coping skills whereby students complete six weekly interactive modules using a smart device or computer. Each module is approximately 15-20 minutes long and focuses on select substances and coping strategies: (i) adaptive coping strategies, (ii) alcohol, (iii) cannabis, (iv) nicotine, (v) prescription drugs and opioids, (vi) final module. The modules are based on key theoretical constructs, behavior change strategies, and practical module components: attitudes (knowledge), perceived susceptibility (risk perceptions), and subjective norms (normative re-education). The intervention will be evaluated via a time series design using a sample of (\~1000 students) randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control conditions at a public institution in Southern California.

Being studied: MATAspire Web-app

Conditions: Alcohol Use; Cannabis Use; Nicotine Use; Illicit Drug Use; Prescription Opioid Misuse

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Current Cal State Northridge (CSUN) matriculated students with active CSUN email
  • Age 18 and older

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not currently a CSUN student
  • CSUN students under the age of 18 years
  • Have previously participated in this study
  • Identified as having an alcohol or substance use disorder (AUD or SUD) as determined by the brief Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 screener

Recruiting US locations

  • California State University, Northridge (CSUN)

    Northridge, CA 91330

    Site contact: Bethany Rainisch, PhD, MPH · 8186774081 · bethany.rainisch@csun.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Bethany Rainisch, PhD, MPH · 818-677-4081 · bethany.rainisch@csun.edu
  • Linn Dahlman, MPhil · 818-677-5397 · mataspire@csun.edu
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