Integrated Alcohol and Sexual Assault Intervention for College Men

Lifespan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexual Assault; Alcohol Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Control Condition; Behavioral: SAFE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05773027

R34AA020852

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 115 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 22 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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115 participants in 2 patient groups

Sexual Assault and Alcohol Feedback and Education (SAFE)

Experimental group

Description:

SAFE includes a motivational interviewing session addressing alcohol use and risk for sexual aggression, a workshop addressing alcohol use and sexual aggression, and a booster session review.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SAFE

Mindfulness-Based Control Condition

Active Comparator group

Description:

The program includes the same amount of contacts as SAFE, including an individual session focused on mindfulness and stress, a group session, and a booster session review.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Control Condition