Just-In-Time Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Georgia State University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Aggression; Emotion Regulation; Alcohol Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Alcohol Skills and Emotion Regulation Intervention; Other: Attention Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05145868

SP00014947

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acute alcohol intoxication is a robust predictor of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration for young adult men and women; therefore, interventions delivered proximally to drinking episodes - a period of high risk - are needed to reduce alcohol-facilitated IPV. This project seeks to improve public health by delivering a just-in-time text messaging intervention proximally to drinking episodes and evaluating the impact of the intervention on alcohol-facilitated IPV in a sample of at-risk young adult men and women. Additionally, through an innovative design this project is poised to answer these important questions: whether receiving a message, when, for whom, what type, and under what conditions this just-in-time messaging intervention leads to reductions in alcohol use and IPV perpetration.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-30 years old
• Consumed alcohol an average of 2 times per week in last 3 months
• At least two instances of heavy episodic drinking in last month
• Currently in a romantic relationship
• History of IPV perpetration within last 3 months
• Willing to provide cell phone number and carrier and receive text messages for 30 days

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive the RELATE intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Alcohol Skills and Emotion Regulation Intervention

Attention Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive supportive control messages.

Treatment:

Other: Attention Control