Alcohol Myopia, Objectification, and Sexual Assault
Integrating Alcohol Myopia and Objectification to Understand Sexual Assault
2 other identifiers
interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The present project integrates previous research on factors associated with alcohol-involved sexual assault, with research on how intoxication alters attention and social perceptions in ways that increase the risk of sexual aggression and victimization. Specifically, this project examines whether alcohol intoxication on the part of a male perpetrator impairs attentional capacity and leads to a narrowing of the perceptual field causing a dehumanizing perspective of women as sexual objects for men's pleasure rather than individuals with thoughts and feelings, thereby increasing the propensity for sexual aggression. The present research also examines whether women's responses to this sexual objectification from men interfere with risk perception in sexual situations, particularly when women are drinking, increasing the likelihood of sexual victimization.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Apr 2019
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 22, 2019
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 2, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 20, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2022
CompletedJuly 10, 2023
July 1, 2023
3.7 years
May 2, 2019
July 6, 2023
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Laboratory analogue of sexual aggression
After learning that a woman does not like sexual media, male participants choose to show her a sexually explicit video or control video (selection of the sexually explicit video indicates more sexual aggression)
20 minutes post alcohol or placebo dosing
Sexual assault vignette measure of risk perception
Female participants read 18 vignettes describing a sexual interaction between a man and a woman that gets progressively riskier for sexual assault and indicate when they would leave the interaction (scores range from 1-18 and higher scores indicate worse risk perception)
20 minutes post alcohol or placebo dosing
Secondary Outcomes (8)
Eye-tracking measure of sexual objectification
2 minutes post alcohol or placebo dosing
Eye-tracking measure of self-objectification
2 minutes post alcohol or placebo dosing
Object brief-implicit association task
25 minutes post alcohol or placebo dosing
Self-object brief-implicit association task
25 minutes post alcohol or placebo dosing
Self-report state mindful attention awareness scale
30 minutes post alcohol or placebo dosing
- +3 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (6)
Males and Alcohol Intoxication
EXPERIMENTALMen assigned to alcohol intoxication arm (target BAC .08%)
Males and Placebo Control
PLACEBO COMPARATORMen assigned to placebo control arm
Females and Alcohol Intoxication and Objectifying Gazes
EXPERIMENTALWomen assigned to alcohol intoxication arm (target BAC .08%) and objectifying gazes arm
Females and Alcohol Intoxication and Eye Gazes
EXPERIMENTALWomen assigned to alcohol intoxication arm (target BAC .08%) and eye gazes arm
Females and Placebo Control and Objectifying Gazes
EXPERIMENTALWomen assigned to placebo control arm and objectifying gazes arm
Females and Placebo Control and Eye Gazes
PLACEBO COMPARATORWomen assigned to placebo control arm and eye gazes arm
Interventions
Men and women assigned to moderate alcohol dose condition (target BAC .08%) or placebo control condition with NIAAA approved alcohol administration procedures
Women assigned to objectifying gazes condition or eye contact control condition
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years of age
- at least social drinkers
- single
- men attracted to women, women attracted to men
You may not qualify if:
- current/past alcohol dependence (as assessed by a score of 8 or higher on the Alcohol Dependence Scale), alcohol-related treatment, or hospitalization due to alcohol use
- any past serious head injuries (as indicated by HELPS Brain Injury Screening Tool)
- serious psychological symptoms (defined as past psychotic, paranoid, or bipolar disorders, or current major depression)
- abstinence from alcohol use
- a condition or medication use in which alcohol consumption is medically contraindicated
- any legal restriction against drinking (e.g., as condition of probation or parole)
- presence of a positive breath alcohol concentration (BAC) upon arrival to the laboratory
- if the participant is less than six feet tall and weighs over 250 pounds or is over six feet tall and weighs over 300 pounds
- if a female participant is pregnant
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sarah Gervais, PhD
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- BASIC SCIENCE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 2, 2019
First Posted
May 20, 2019
Study Start
April 22, 2019
Primary Completion
December 31, 2022
Study Completion
December 31, 2022
Last Updated
July 10, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- De-identified data may be made available to interested researchers when papers based on that data are published in scientific journals.
- Access Criteria
- Interested researchers will be required to have an Open Science Framework account.
De-identified individual participant data may be shared with other researchers (e.g., posted to the Open Science Framework) to aid with reproducibility and replicability of science.