Prevention of Alcohol-related Sexual Revictimization in College

Summary

This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) is designed to test a new intervention designed to reduce college women's risk for sexual revictimization (SRV). The intervention targets women with a history of sexual assault (SA) and recent hazardous drinking (HD), as these women are at highest risk for SRV. The primary goals of the intervention are to decrease women's HD, improve their ability to perceive cues that signal risk for SRV, and strengthen their behavioral skills in situations associated with an increased risk for SRV. The intervention, Revictimization Prevention for College Women (RPCW) is a multi-modal intervention that includes two on-line interactive education modules and two in-person group skills-based training sessions that focus on problem solving training and behavioral rehearsal. The pilot RCT of the RPCW intervention will include 96 college women with follow-up assessments at 3- and 6-months post intervention. Women will be randomly assigned to either the RPCW intervention or to a Health Education Control (HEC) condition. The pilot RCT will be used to establish the feasibility of recruitment, the acceptability and safety of the RPCW intervention, and provide initial efficacy data that will assist in power calculations for a Stage II efficacy trial. The investigators hypothesize that women in RPCW intervention will report fewer days of hazardous drinking and improved perception of sexual assault risk cues compared with participants in the HEC condition. In addition, women in the RPCW intervention will report increased knowledge of safe dating practices and protective behavioral (drinking) strategies compared with participants in the HEC condition. Finally, women in the RPCW intervention will report lower rates of SRV as compared with participants in the HEC condition at the 6-month post-intervention follow-up.

Conditions

• Sexual Assault

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

RPCW

Psychosocial intervention that includes two in-person group sessions two weeks apart and two on-line units during the intervening two weeks. Behavioral training, educational materials, discussions and videos, as well as interactive online materials are included to increase awareness of sexual assault cues, dating and drinking protective behavioral strategies, barriers to defending oneself, and saying no to hazardous drinking and sexual advances.

BEHAVIORAL

HEC

Health Education time and attention control that includes two in-person sessions two weeks apart and two on-line units during the intervening two weeks. The in-person sessions cover stress management and sleep, while the online units cover nutrition and physical activity. The in-person and online sessions are designed to foster discussion and be interactive.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

  collaborator NIH

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• ParksMarsh A Kathleen, PhD · SUNY Buffalo

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

22 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-03-05

Primary Completion

2023-11-30

Completion

2023-11-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations