Collaborative Opportunities for Reducing Alcohol and Sexual Violence Together

NCT07261722 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 00006595TP210286
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 132
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test if a modified peer-based motivational intervention (the Military PAIRS; MPAIRS) is reasonable and practical for military contexts. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does it works to reduce SV?
• Does it works to reduce risky drinking? To test this, participants will answer questions about their SV history and risky drinking. Then they will be given MPAIRS. After 1 month, they will be asked about their SV history and risky drinking again.

Conditions

Sexual Violence; Behavior Change; Military Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Readiness to intervene

  10 item scale scored on a 5 point likert type scale with higher value indicating they are more ready to intervene on behalf of the other member of the dyad in areas of concern for abuse. Modeled after: Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University (2010). Readiness Ruler. Center for Evidence-Based Practices, Case Western Reserve University.

  In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up.

• Peer -Directed Bystander Behaviors Scale for Friends

  44 item scale. The answers provided are yes/no/"I did not perceive an opportunity to do this" for each item in 3 different contexts (Friend, Stranger, Someone in Military). Each item is a situation that the participant may have been in to help someone in the past month. The participant reports if they did that helped, didn't help, or didn't have that situation for each context. Banyard, V. L., Moynihan, M. M., Cares, A. C., \& Warner, R. A. (2014). How do we know if it works? Defining measurable outcomes in bystander-focused violence prevention. Psychology of Violence, 4(1), 101-115.

  In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up.

• Assault Protective Strategies

  20 item scale. It is scored on a 4 point likert type scale with an option for "I prefer to not answer" and an option for "I did not perceive an opportunity to do this". The scale is made up of items of strategies that people do either before going out, or while they are out to reduce risk for sexual assault. The participant reports to what extent they use each strategy with a higher number meaning they use the strategy to a greater extent.

  In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up.

• PBSS-20 Alcohol Protective Strategy

  20 item scale. It is scored on a 6 point likert type scale. The scale is made up of items of different strategies people often use to protect against negative consequences of alcohol use. The participant reports to what extent they use each strategy with a higher number meaning they use the strategy to a greater extent. Treloar H, Martens MP, McCarthy DM. The Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale-20: improved content validity of the Serious Harm Reduction subscale. Psychol Assess. 2015 Mar;27(1):340-6. doi: 10.1037/pas0000071.

  In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Sexual Assault Experiences

  In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up.

• Change in Drinking

  In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up.

Study Arms (3)

Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) (Phase One)

EXPERIMENTAL

Will participate in the Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) intervention in Phase One

Behavioral: Peer-Based Motivational Interview

Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) (Phase Two)

EXPERIMENTAL

Will participate in the Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) intervention in Phase Two

Behavioral: Peer-Based Motivational Interview

Health and Well-Being for All

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group for Phase Two will be Health and Well-Being For All intervention.

Behavioral: Health and Well-Being for All

Interventions

Peer-Based Motivational Interview BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will use Motivational Interviewing's (MI) collaborative conversation style for strengthening commitment to change, to motivate and prepare service members to work together to reduce Sexual Violence (SV) risk. This intervention will target ways that the peer dyad may support, encourage, and share responsibility with one another in protecting against SV. The Peer-based MI (PMI) will then use the responsibility and relationship of peers as a framework to foster collaborative efforts to increase readiness and decrease barriers to helping behavior. As part of this, the PMI will focus on the identification and implementation of skills peers can use to help one another prevent SV. PMI will include a focused discussion of the ways drinking may impede helping efforts. Moreover, the PMI will encourage service members to identify personal, specific strategies for reducing the effects of alcohol on helping.

Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) (Phase One); Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) (Phase Two)

Health and Well-Being for All BEHAVIORAL

This single-session intervention, is designed to be delivered to peers in a group or dyad-based format, examines social determinants of health and wellness across a variety of domains. The intervention outlines a 6-step process for improving overall wellness. The CDC offers a number of handouts and other materials (e.g., peer dialogue exercises, data cards) that accompany the didactic material. In this study, the HWBA intervention will be delivered by a project interventionist. The session will be designed to be time equivalent (90 minutes) to the MPAIRs intervention. (Pember, 2018)

Health and Well-Being for All

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Enlisted U.S. Navy service members on active duty status
• Meet criteria for risky drinking (i.e. score of 4+ for men, 2+ for women according to the AUDIT-C)
• Have an eligible peer and the pair must socialize together at least twice a month

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who endorse evidence of withdrawal (Item 6 on the AUDIT)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• State University of New York at Buffalo: lead

Study Sites (1)

University at Buffalo Department of Psychology

Buffalo, New York, 14260, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Health; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Population Characteristics; raf Kinases; MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; Protein Kinases; Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); Phosphotransferases; Transferases; Enzymes; Enzymes and Coenzymes; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Proteins; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Proto-Oncogene Proteins; Oncogene Proteins; Neoplasm Proteins

Study Officials

• Jennifer P Read, Ph.D.

  University at Buffalo

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Jennifer P Read, Ph.D.

CONTACT

7166450193; jpread@buffalo.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair of Department of Psychology

Model Details: There are two phases to this clinical trial. In the first Phase, there is no control group and participants are just being compared between at the time of the intervention and at follow up. This is a single group model In the second phase, there is a control group in a parallel model.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 21, 2025
• First Posted: December 3, 2025
• Study Start: October 10, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027
• Last Updated: April 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: The data will be available once data collection is completed and conclude 5 years after.
• Access Criteria: There must be an articulation of a clear research question and analytic plan by an established investigator with the relevant credentials. The information will be shared as a digital file through email.

Locations

US (1)