Behavioral economic and wellness-based approaches for reducing alcohol use and consequences among diverse non-student emerging adults: study protocol for Project BLUE, a randomized controlled trial.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Memphis (FWA00006815). Informed consent will be obtained from all participants before research procedures commence. Consent for publicationParticipants will provide informed consent before engaging in research procedures. The reviewing Institutional Review Board (IRB) has approved the consent form, which contains all elements of informed consent as regulated by 45CFR46. The consenting process will occur at the start of the participants’ initial research session. Study staff will verbally explain the written consent form either in-person or through a video conferencing platform. Then, participants may sign the consent form using a pen (if in-person) or electronically (if virtual). Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grant (NIAAA) R01AA029031 to J.G. Murphy. The content here is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsors."

"Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04776278."