Proximal Effects of Alcohol on Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence (PASSION)

Georgia State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Consumption; Aggression; Violence, Domestic; Stress, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT Text Messaging; Behavioral: Attention Control Text Messaging

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04625465

R01AA025995

Details and patient eligibility

About

We will recruit sexual and gender minority couples to complete 56 days of daily surveys in order to evaluate (1) the impact of COVID-19 stress and sexual and gender minority stress on heavy episodic drinking and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, and (2) a brief, mobile-phone delivered text messaging intervention to mitigate the effects of these stressors. This project has high potential to inform how pandemic stress contributes to etiological models of alcohol-related IPV perpetration in sexual and gender minority couples and inform a culturally-sensitive, low burden, and easy to disseminate intervention to mitigate these effects critical during a pandemic when access to care is limited.

Enrollment: 474 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (applies to both partners):

• Both partners must identify as cisgender and sexual minority or at least one partner must identify as a gender minority (i.e., one's gender identity is non-congruent with their sex assigned at birth)
• 21 years or older
• In an intimate relationship lasting at least one month in which there are at least 2 days of face-to-face contact each week
• Consumption of 4 (assigned female at birth) or 5 (assigned male at birth) alcoholic drinks on at least three days in the past year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Seeking treatment or being in recovery for an alcohol or substance use disorder.
• Endorsement of severe physical IPV (e.g., use of a weapon) in the past year.
• Women who self-report that they are trying to get pregnant, that they are currently pregnant, or that they are currently breastfeeding .

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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474 participants in 8 patient groups

No Intervention, No Intervention (AA)

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants do not receive text messages during Interval 2 or Interval 3.

No Intervention, Attention-Control Texts (AB)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants do not receive text messages during Interval 2. Participants receive attention control text messages during Interval 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Control Text Messaging

No Intervention, CBT Texts (AC)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants do not receive text messages during Interval 2. Participants receive CBT text messages during Interval 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT Text Messaging

Attention-Control Texts, No Intervention (BA)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receive attention control text messages during Interval 2. Participants do not receive text messages during Interval 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Control Text Messaging

Attention-Control Texts, Attention-Control Texts (BB)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receive attention control text messages during Interval 2. Participants receive attention control text messages during Interval 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Control Text Messaging

Attention-Control Texts, CBT Texts (BC)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive attention control text messages during Interval 2. Participants receive CBT text messages during Interval 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Control Text Messaging

Behavioral: CBT Text Messaging

CBT Texts, No Intervention (CA)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive CBT text messages during Interval 2. Participants do not receive text messages during Interval 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT Text Messaging

CBT Texts, Attention-Control Texts (CB)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive CBT text messages during Interval 2. Participants receive attention control text messages during Interval 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Control Text Messaging

Behavioral: CBT Text Messaging