Strategies: Motivational Interviewing/Psychoeducation
Alcohol Use, Underage, Substance Use, Underage Drinking
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Alcohol Use, Underage focused on measuring American Indian
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- between the ages of 13 and 20
- residing in catchment area of Tribal clinic
- ability to give informed consent/assent and absence of physical or emotional health issues sufficient to impair the ability to participate in the research
Exclusion Criteria:
- inability to give informed consent/assent or the presence of physical or emotional health issues sufficient to impair the ability to participate in the research.
Sites / Locations
- Southern California Tribal Health Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Motivational Interviewing
Psychoeducation
The MI intervention will incorporate open-ended questions, personalized feedback, and discussion about participants' alcohol use and drug, associated risk behaviors (e.g., drinking and driving), and the consequences of these behaviors. Individual MI procedures will incorporate the core principles of MI described by Miller and Rollnick, including expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, rolling with resistance, and supporting self-efficacy. Therapist interventions will be tailored to the participants' readiness to change/current stage of change (pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse).
The Psychoeducation session will consist of therapist assisted viewing and discussion of four educational DVDs about adolescent alcohol use, drug use, and driving under the influence provided by Human Relations Media, Mount Kisco, NY (hrmvideo.com).