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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Aggression; Alcohol Drinking; Emotion Regulation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Alcohol Skills and Emotion Regulation Intervention; Other: Attention Control

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 400
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Cynthia Stappenbeck, PhD; Phone Number: 404-413-6321; Email: cstappenbeck@gsu.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • Georgia
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
      • Recruiting
      • Georgia State University
      • Contact: Shaniah Williams, BA; Phone Number: 404-413-6224; Email: projectRELATE@gsu.edu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 30 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention	Behavioral: Alcohol Skills and Emotion Regulation Intervention; The text-based intervention will provide alcohol reduction strategies and emotion regulation skills.
Sham Comparator: Attention Control	Other: Attention Control; Text-messages will be sent that include no intervention content to serve as an attention control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Georgia State University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Cynthia Stappenbeck, PhD, Georgia State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 3, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 11, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 23, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): December 6, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 21, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Drinking Behavior; Aberrant Motor Behavior in Dementia; Aggression; Alcohol Drinking
• Other Study ID Numbers: SP00014947

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No