Integrated Alcohol and Sexual Assault Intervention for College Men
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking
- Sponsor
- Lifespan
- Enrollment
- 115
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Alcohol use, heavy drinking quantity
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This research will evaluate a new intervention that integrates evidence-based alcohol intervention strategies and promising sexual assault prevention strategies with the goal of decreasing sexual aggression among men who report heavy drinking; a particularly high risk group. Specifically, this study will conduct a randomized controlled pilot trial with college men who report heavy drinking to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability of the proposed intervention. The main questions the study will answer are: 1) what is the feasibility of the recruitment plans, research design, intervention training methods, and delivery of the program?; and 2) does the intervention, relative to a mindfulness-based control condition, produce reductions in the quantity and frequency of alcohol use, perpetration of sexual aggression, and attitudes associated with sexual aggression over the 2- and 6-month follow-up. Follow-up assessments are completed at 2- and 6-months following the program. The intervention is compared to the mindfulness-based control group.
Investigators
Lindsay Orchowski Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Research)
Lifespan
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Engaging in binge drinking, defined as 5 or more drinks per day for men on the same occasion by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on two or more occasions in the past month.
- •Engaging in oral, vaginal, or anal sexual intercourse with a female partner one or more times in the past four months
Exclusion Criteria
- •Displaying symptoms consistent with alcohol use withdrawal
- •Reporting current suicidal or homicidal ideation
- •Meeting criteria consistent with a diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Alcohol use, heavy drinking quantity
Time Frame: Change from baseline alcohol use at 6 months.
Number of heavy drinking days in the past month (Minimum = 0, Maximum = 31), assessed via the timeline follow-back. Greater scores mean worse outcomes.
Sexual aggression perpetration
Time Frame: Change in severity and frequency in comparison to control at 6-months.
Assessed via the sexual experiences survey. Scored based on frequency and severity (Minimum = 0, Maximum = 63). Higher scores mean worse outcomes.
Alcohol use, drinks per week
Time Frame: Change from baseline alcohol use at 6 months.
The average number of drinks per week (Minimum = 0, Maximum = unspecified), assessed via the timeline follow-back. Greater scores mean worse outcomes.
Secondary Outcomes
- Perceived peer norms regarding sexual aggression: Perceived peer engagement in sexual coercion(Change in perceived peer engagement in comparison to control at 6-months.)
- Perceived peer norms regarding sexual aggression: Peer comfort with sexual aggression(Change in peer comfort with sexual aggression relative to control at 6-months.)
- Attitudes relating to sexual aggression: Rape myth acceptance(Change in rape myth acceptance relative to control at 6-months.)
- Perceived peer norms regarding sexual aggression: Perceived peer bystander intervention(Change in perceived peer bystander intervention in comparison to control at 6-months.)
- Attitudes relating to sexual aggression: Labeling of consent(Change in labeling of consent relative to control at 6-months.)
- Protective behavioral strategies(Change in protective behavioral strategy use in comparison to control at 6-months.)
- Bystander intervention intention to help strangers(Change in intention to help strangers relative to control at 6-months.)
- Bystander intervention intention to help friends(Change in intent to help friends relative to control at 6-months.)
- Perceived peer drinking norms(Change in perceived peer norms relative to control at 6-months.)
- Attitudes relating to sexual aggression: Hyper gender ideology(Change in hyper gender ideology and increases relative to control at 6-months.)
- Bystander intervention attitudes(Change in bystander attitudes relative to control at 6-months.)