Clinical trial NCT06158880: Alcohol & Men's Sexual Risk Behaviors
Official title: Men's Sexual Risk Behaviors: Alcohol, Sexual Aggression, and Emotional Factors (Extension)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sexual Behavior
Alcohol Drinking
Sexual Aggression
Emotions
Keywords: Condom use resistance
Emotion dysregulation
Lead sponsor: Arizona State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
name: Georgia State University
First posted: 2023-12-06
Enrollment: 6
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 21
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: This project extends the investigators' previous research regarding the intersecting risks of alcohol, sexual risk behavior (SRB), and sexual aggression (SA) in male drinkers who have sex with women by examining the mediating and moderating roles of both intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional factors. While independent streams of research consistently document alcohol's role in SRB and SA, the investigators' work has demonstrated that these behaviors are related, and that alcohol exacerbates their likelihood both independently and synergistically. The researchers' investigations focus on a particular type of SRB: men's resistance to condom use with female partners who want to have protected sex. Condom use resistance (CUR) is common and normative among young male drinkers, with up to 80% of men reporting engaging in CUR. Of particular concern, research demonstrates that up to 42% of men report using coercive CUR tactics such as emotional manipulation, deception, condom sabotage, and force to obtain unprotected sex. Investigators will evaluate hypotheses that distal and proximal emotional and alcohol factors influence in-the-moment SRB/CUR intentions as well as daily alcohol use and SRB/CUR. The investigators will also examine whether the relationships among assessed variables are similar across experimental and naturalistic settings. That is, investigate the extent to which men's responses in the lab parallel their real-world drinking and SRB/CUR behaviors, particularly regarding self and partner emotions, empathy, and interpersonal stress.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Single
* Male
* Ages 21-30
* Engagement in unprotected intercourse with a woman at least once in the past year
* Consumed alcohol at least 2 times per week in the past 30 days
* Had sex with a woman at least 2 times in the past 30 days

Exclusion Criteria:

* A history of alcohol problems
* A medical condition and/or medications which contraindicate alcohol consumption
* In a relationship that is monogamous and has lasted longer than 6 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mean score of sexual risk intentions
timeFrame: within one hour of receiving the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Sexual risk behavior
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Phoenix
country: United States
facility: Arizona State University
state: Arizona
Study officials:
affiliation: Arizona State University
name: Kelly Davis, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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