Just-In-Time Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Description

Acute alcohol intoxication is a robust predictor of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration for young adult men and women; therefore, interventions delivered proximally to drinking episodes - a period of high risk - are needed to reduce alcohol-facilitated IPV. This project seeks to improve public health by delivering a just-in-time text messaging intervention proximally to drinking episodes and evaluating the impact of the intervention on alcohol-facilitated IPV in a sample of at-risk young adult men and women. Additionally, through an innovative design this project is poised to answer these important questions: whether receiving a message, when, for whom, what type, and under what conditions this just-in-time messaging intervention leads to reductions in alcohol use and IPV perpetration.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking, Aggression, Emotion Regulation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Acute alcohol intoxication is a robust predictor of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration for young adult men and women; therefore, interventions delivered proximally to drinking episodes - a period of high risk - are needed to reduce alcohol-facilitated IPV. This project seeks to improve public health by delivering a just-in-time text messaging intervention proximally to drinking episodes and evaluating the impact of the intervention on alcohol-facilitated IPV in a sample of at-risk young adult men and women. Additionally, through an innovative design this project is poised to answer these important questions: whether receiving a message, when, for whom, what type, and under what conditions this just-in-time messaging intervention leads to reductions in alcohol use and IPV perpetration.

Evaluation and Optimization of a Just-in-Time Messaging Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among At-Risk Young Adult Men and Women

Just-In-Time Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Condition
Alcohol Drinking
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Atlanta

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 18-30 years old
  • * Consumed alcohol an average of 2 times per week in last 3 months
  • * At least two instances of heavy episodic drinking in last month
  • * Currently in a romantic relationship
  • * History of IPV perpetration within last 3 months
  • * Willing to provide cell phone number and carrier and receive text messages for 30 days
  • * None

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Georgia State University,

Cynthia Stappenbeck, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Georgia State University

Study Record Dates

2026-04-30