Coulter Lab

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NIH R01 · 2024

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY; e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary people <18 years) experience substantial inequities in alcohol use, thus placing SGMY at greater risk for alcohol-related morbidity and mortality across the life-course. Despite making great strides in identifying determinants (e.g., minority stress and discrimination) of these inequities over the last 25 years, evidence-based interventions for reducing SGMY alcohol use are lacking. Our primary objective for this application is to rigorously test the efficacy of Singularities, a theory-based, SGMY-informed, game-based intervention for preventing and reducing SGMY binge…

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