RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT07261722

Collaborative Opportunities for Reducing Alcohol and Sexual Violence Together

Harnessing the Power of Military Peers to Reduce Sexual Violence and Risky Drinking in Service Members

Sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo

Enrollment

24 participants

Start Date

Oct 10, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Behavior Change Sexual Violence Military Training

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.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 24 Years

Inclusion Criteria3

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

Exclusion Criteria1

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

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALPeer-Based Motivational Interview

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.