The Role of Agency and Threat-Immediacy in Interactive Digital Narrative Fear Appeals

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

178

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 26, 2020

Primary Completion Date

December 18, 2020

Study Completion Date

December 18, 2020

Conditions
Excessive Drinking
Interventions
OTHER

High agency and immediate threat

Participants were asked to make several decisions for the main character in the interactive digital narrative that related to drinking / turning down alcoholic drinks.The decisions made lead to a ending consistent with the decisions of the participant. In the story presented, a character dies from acute alcohol poisoning after ingesting too much alcohol in a short period of time.

OTHER

High agency and distant threat

Participants were asked to make several decisions for the main character in the interactive digital narrative that related to drinking / turning down alcoholic drinks.The decisions made lead to a ending consistent with the decisions of the participant. In the story presented, a character dies from multiple organ failure after ingesting too much alcohol over a long period of time.

OTHER

Low agency and immediate threat

Participants were asked to read a narrative in which the main character turns down alcoholic drinks at a party. The participants can not influence the decisions of the main character and only consume the narrative passively.The decisions made lead to a ending consistent with the decisions of the participant. In the story presented, a character dies from acute alcohol poisoning after ingesting too much alcohol in a short period of time.

OTHER

Low agency and distant threat

Participants were asked to read a narrative in which the main character turns down alcoholic drinks at a party. The participants can not influence the decisions of the main character and only consume the narrative passively.The decisions made lead to a ending consistent with the decisions of the participant. In the story presented, a character dies from multiple organ failure after ingesting too much alcohol over a long period of time.

Trial Locations (1)

5037AB

Tilburg University, Tilburg

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Tilburg University

OTHER

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