The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test a brief online intervention to reduce alcohol and cannabis misuse and improve healthy relationship skills among young adult couples. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Will the intervention be feasible and acceptable to young adult couples? * Will the intervention demonstrate initial efficacy in reducing risky substance use and increasing relationship functioning?
Eligible couples will complete a virtual baseline session and be randomized to intervention condition (online intervention with 3-5 weeks of self-paced modules) or control condition (no intervention). Couples will complete two follow-up surveys (post-assessment - approximately 5 weeks after baseline, 3-month). Couples in the control condition will be offered the intervention after 3-month follow-up.
Researchers will compare intervention and control groups to see if there there is a difference between the groups on substance misuse and relationship functioning at post-assessment and 3-month follow-up.
Both partners in the couple are 18-29 years old
In a committed romantic relationship (e.g., dating seriously, cohabiting, married) with each other for at least 3 months
Face-to-face contact their partner at least 5 days per week
Live in Washington State
Couples who endorse any perpetration or receipt of severe interpersonal aggression during screening will be excluded and provided with resources
University of Washington
Lead sponsor
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Collaborator
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Collaborator