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Examining a Brief Parent Intervention to Reduce College Student Drinking and Consequences

Award Number: R01AA012529
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/1999
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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Examining a Brief Parent Intervention to Reduce College Student Drinking and Consequences - Abstract While many consequences of college risky drinking affect the students themselves (e.g., hangovers, embarrassment, academics), other problems such as impaired driving (IMPD) jeopardize public safety and must be addressed. Reports show: 1) college student “high-intensity” drinkers (10+ drinks per occasion) experience more problems, including increased impaired driving, and 2) although over 1.3 million drivers in the U.S. are arrested for impaired driving annually, they only represent 1% of the estimated 121 million self-reported episodes of impaired driving each year. Our recent NIAAA-funded research identified specific parenting behaviors related to college students’ risky drinking and consequences that are not being adequately addressed in college-level parent interventions. This research revealed: 1) many parents allow their teens to drink alcohol in an attempt to take the mystery away and provide opportunities to teach them safer drinking practices; 2) parental permissiveness toward underage drinking, even though it was intended to be protective by parents, had the opposite effect and was significantly associated with increased drinking and consequences throughout college; and 3) the effects of parental permissiveness was not attenuated by other positive parenting behaviors (e.g., communication, monitoring). In response, we developed and piloted a brief 15-20 minute intervention (P-Chat) that uses principles of Motivational Interviewing to reduce defensiveness and change parents’ permissiveness. The pilot data demonstrate our ability to implement the P-Chat with fidelity; modify parents’ willingness to change; and most importantly, change parents’ permissive behaviors. These data provide justification to warrant a larger-scale comprehensive study examining the effects of the P-Chat on reducing students’ risky drinking and consequences. Our proposed study will use an extremely rigorous design to test the P-Chat. The aims are as follows: Aim 1: Assess the effects of the P-Chat at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post-baseline relative to a rigorous active comparison condition (the original evidence-based PBI), an assessment only-control, and a combined intervention condition the P-Chat plus the PBI (P-Chat+); Aim 2: Examine the process by which the P-Chat influences parents’ permissiveness (and communications) and college students’ behaviors (e.g., motives, expectancies, norms, and willingness to consume alcohol) using a well-developed theoretical model; and Aim 3: Examine subgroups for which the P-Chat is more effective versus less effective. Our moderators will be broadly based and focus on baseline student characteristics (e.g., sex, age of onset of alcohol use) and parent characteristics (e.g., sex, age, education, marital status, monitoring). To the extent that the research is successful, it will provide an efficacious approach to address an important public health problem.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $582,103 )
2024	2024	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	18	6/19/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$582,103
														Subtotal = $582,103

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $581,150 )
2023	2023	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	17	6/15/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$581,150
														Subtotal = $581,150

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $643,030 )
2022	2022	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	16	6/21/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$643,030
														Subtotal = $643,030

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $649,097 )
2021	2021	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	15	6/30/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$649,097
														Subtotal = $649,097

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $666,821 )
2020	2020	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	14	9/11/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$666,821
														Subtotal = $666,821

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = -$4,868 )
2017	2015	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	13	4/7/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$4,868
														Subtotal = -$4,868

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $553,944 )
2015	2015	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	13	1/28/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$39,974
2015	2015	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	13	12/30/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$513,970
														Subtotal = $553,944

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $570,494 )
2014	2014	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	12	3/10/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$41,169
2014	2014	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	12	12/20/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$529,325
														Subtotal = $570,494

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $556,612 )
2013	2013	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	11	5/23/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$17,956
2013	2013	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	11	12/12/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$538,656
														Subtotal = $556,612

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $573,752 )
2012	2012	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	10	4/9/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$48,523
2012	2012	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	10	12/29/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$525,229
														Subtotal = $573,752

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $600,274 )
2011	2011	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	9	12/21/2010	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$600,274
														Subtotal = $600,274

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $384,111 )
2008	2008	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	110 TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	8	7/1/2008	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$384,111
														Subtotal = $384,111

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $511,008 )
2007	2007	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	313 RIDER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16801		USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	7	6/6/2007	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$511,008
														Subtotal = $511,008

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $523,972 )
2006	2006	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	313 RIDER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16801		USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	6	6/26/2006	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$523,972
														Subtotal = $523,972

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $582,286 )
2005	2005	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	313 RIDER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16801		USA	Alcohol Research Programs	001	5	8/26/2005	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$46,370
2005	2005	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	313 RIDER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16801		USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	5	6/27/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$535,916
														Subtotal = $582,286

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $545,585 )
2004	2004	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	313 RIDER BUILDING	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16801		USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	4	7/14/2004	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$545,585
														Subtotal = $545,585

Issue Date FY: 2001 ( Subtotal = $266,512 )
2001	2001	BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY	1910 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	BOISE	ID	83725	ADA	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	3	6/22/2001	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$266,512
														Subtotal = $266,512

Issue Date FY: 2000 ( Subtotal = $431,995 )
2000	2000	BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY	1910 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	BOISE	ID	83725	ADA	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	2	8/2/2000	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$431,995
														Subtotal = $431,995

Issue Date FY: 1999 ( Subtotal = $439,063 )
1999	1999	BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY	1910 UNIVERSITY DRIVE	BOISE	ID	83725	ADA	USA	Alcohol Research Programs	000	1	9/24/1999	NEW	$439,063
														Subtotal = $439,063

Grand Total All Awards = $9,656,941

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Examining a Brief Parent Intervention to Reduce College Student Drinking and Consequences

Award Number: R01AA012529

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/1999

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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