mHealth Behavior Study

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief task completed on a smartphone can reduce alcohol use and risky sexual behavior among women between the ages of 18 and 25 who have a history of experiencing sexual assault or an unwanted sexual experience. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the smartphone task change approach biases for alcohol and condom-related images? * Does the smartphone task reduce alcohol use and risky sexual behavior? Researchers will compare the smartphone task to a sham control to see if the smartphone task changes biases and behavior. Participants will: * Complete a baseline assessment battery of questionnaires * Complete either the intervention smartphone task or the sham smartphone task on four consecutive days. * Complete a follow-up assessment one week after finishing the four tasks * Complete a three-month follow-up

Conditions

Alcohol Consumption, Condom Use

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Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief task completed on a smartphone can reduce alcohol use and risky sexual behavior among women between the ages of 18 and 25 who have a history of experiencing sexual assault or an unwanted sexual experience. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the smartphone task change approach biases for alcohol and condom-related images? * Does the smartphone task reduce alcohol use and risky sexual behavior? Researchers will compare the smartphone task to a sham control to see if the smartphone task changes biases and behavior. Participants will: * Complete a baseline assessment battery of questionnaires * Complete either the intervention smartphone task or the sham smartphone task on four consecutive days. * Complete a follow-up assessment one week after finishing the four tasks * Complete a three-month follow-up

Mobile Health Reaction Time and Behavior Study

mHealth Behavior Study

Condition
Alcohol Consumption
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Charleston

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult women who report lifetime experience sexual assault,
  • * Consume alcohol at least moderately (e.g., at least seven drinks per week; NIAAA, 2015),
  • * Have engaged in sexual intercourse with a casual, non-committed male partner without a condom at least three times during the three months prior to data collection.
  • * Active homicidal or suicidal ideation;
  • * History of or current psychotic disorders as the study protocol may be therapeutically insufficient;
  • * Previously identified as having a Pervasive Developmental Disability.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Medical University of South Carolina,

Austin Hahn, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Medical University of South Carolina

Study Record Dates

2025-11