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

Alcohol Drinking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation and Optimization of a Just-in-Time Messaging Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among At-Risk Young Adult Men and Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05145868
• Other study ID #: SP00014947
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 3, 2023
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Georgia State University
• Contact: Cynthia Stappenbeck, PhD
• Phone: 404-413-6321
• Email: cstappenbeck[@]gsu.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aggression
• Alcohol Drinking
• Emotion Regulation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Alcohol Skills and Emotion Regulation Intervention
The text-based intervention will provide alcohol reduction strategies and emotion regulation skills.

Other:
• Attention Control
Text-messages will be sent that include no intervention content to serve as an attention control

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Georgia State University	Atlanta	Georgia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Georgia State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Alcohol Use	Drinking Quantity (number of drinks consumed)	30 days
Primary	Alcohol Use	Drinking Quantity (number of drinks consumed)	1-month follow-up
Primary	Alcohol Use	Drinking Quantity (number of drinks consumed)	3-month follow-up
Primary	Alcohol Use	Drinking Quantity (number of drinks consumed)	6-month follow-up
Primary	Intimate Partner Violence	Occurrence (yes/no) of psychological or physical Aggression against an intimate partner	30 days
Primary	Intimate Partner Violence	Frequency of Psychological or Physical Aggression against an intimate partner	1-month follow-up
Primary	Intimate Partner Violence	Frequency of Psychological or Physical Aggression against an intimate partner	3-month follow-up
Primary	Intimate Partner Violence	Frequency of Psychological or Physical Aggression against an intimate partner	6-month follow-up