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Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use Among Youth

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use Among Youth

Who can join

Ages 14 to 18 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

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

About the study

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

What is being tested

• Food4Thought (behavioral)
• Singularities (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Participants: 1,992 · Started: Jun 10, 2026

Contact the study team

• Robert WS Coulter, PhD, MPH · Phone: 412-624-0647
• James E Egan, PhD, MPH · Phone: 412-624-2255

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07463118

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.