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Web-Based Treatment of Heavy Drinking Among Women With a History of Sexual Trauma

NCT03111056 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

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Summary

The goal of this study is to empirically evaluate a web-based intervention to reduce heavy drinking among college women with a history of sexual assault who display elevated levels of psychological distress. College women with a history of sexual assault often report more heavy drinking and psychological distress than women without a history of assault. Moreover, women with assault histories often have difficulty regulating their emotions and tolerating distress which can lead to a pattern of drinking to cope distress. Trauma exposure, negative mood, and poor coping strategies have been associated with poor treatment outcomes and relapse following alcohol treatment. Incorporating distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills with an alcohol intervention may enhance treatment effects among women with a history of sexual assault by decreasing their motivation to drink to cope with depression or anxiety and by building adaptive coping strategies. Therefore, the web-based intervention will include cognitive behavioral skills for reducing alcohol consumption and incorporate emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Conditions

  • Sexual Assault
  • Heavy Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Alc-ERDT

Web-based cognitive behavioral skills-based alcohol intervention that incorporates emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Stappenbeck, PhD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2019-01-31
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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