At a glance
ClinicalIndex Comparison Record- ✓Single male
- ✓Age 21-30
- ✓Heterosexually active within the past year
- ✓Heavy episodic drinker
- ✕History of alcohol use disorder or alcohol problems
- ✕Medical condition or medications that contraindicate alcohol consumption
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Alcohol-Related Sexual Aggression: An Emotion Regulation Intervention
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Cognitive Restructuring, Mindfulness, and 1 other intervention for Sexual Aggression and Heavy Drinking. Completed, enrolled 209 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Rates of sexual assault are alarmingly high, and alcohol is consistently implicated in the majority of these assaults. Despite well-intentioned prevention efforts, this pandemic continues unabated, warranting the development of novel and innovative approaches to the reduction of sexual aggression. The goal of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of two brief online emotion regulation interventions for reducing alcohol-related sexual aggression in heavy episodic drinking young men with a sexual aggression history. Previous research suggests that emotion regulation difficulties are associated with both alcohol consumption and aggressive behavior. Despite the potential prevention utility of improving sexually aggressive men's emotion regulation skills in order to reduce their alcohol-related sexual aggression, this approach has yet to be explored. Thus, this study evaluates the effects of two brief online ER interventions - cognitive restructuring and mindfulness - on men's emotion regulation during a sexual aggression-related analogue. Additionally, these effects will be evaluated during both sober and intoxicated states through a laboratory- based alcohol administration experiment.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Participants receive didactic instruction regarding cognitive restructuring skills and then practice using these skills in hypothetical situations.
Participants receive didactic instruction regarding mindfulness skills and then practice using these skills in hypothetical situations.
Participants consume an alcoholic beverage in the lab.