Text Message Intervention for Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence in College Students

Summary

This study is designed to pilot a text message (TM) delivered behavior change intervention to decrease binge drinking and to increase use of sexual violence (SV) harm reduction strategies among college students.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use, Unspecified
• Sexual Violence
• Sexual Assault

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

sexual violence and alcohol use harm reduction text message content

The multi-target sexual violence harm reduction and alcohol use intervention will use a similar model to the alcohol use reduction intervention previous developed and implemented. Students will be: 1) queried via TM prior to typical drinking days regarding both alcohol use and SV harm reduction goal setting; 2) provided with goal reminders during drinking period; and 3) assessed for goal attainment and given feedback following drinking episodes. As with the control condition, post-drinking assessment happens weekly on Sundays. Monday thru Saturday participants will randomly receive or not receive one appropriate message pathway from the message library using the pre-determined pathways for messages.

BEHAVIORAL

alcohol use reduction content

The control condition will be a previously tested TM-delivered alcohol use reduction intervention. Prior to typical drinking occasions, individuals planning a drinking event are prompted to consider committing to a drinking limit goal, i.e.: "Would you be willing to set a goal to drink less than X drinks when drinking?". Based on willingness to commit to the goal, a feedback message is provided. During typical drinking periods, individuals receive a goal reminder. Each week, the program provides goal success/failure feedback or drinking quantity feedback. For example, those occasions where an individual committed to a drinking limit goal triggers either messages to reinforce goal successes or reframe goal failures. When an individual did not commit to a drink limit goal, they are provided feedback based on alcohol quantity (e.g. high risk drinking feedback).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Pittsburgh

  collaborator OTHER

• Penn State University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Arkansas

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jocelyn Anderson · University of Arkansas

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

24 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-11-04

Primary Completion

2023-08-31

Completion

2023-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations