Engineering an Online STI Prevention Program: CSE2

NCT ID: NCT03408743

Last Updated: 2019-07-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2946 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-09-18

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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The overall objective of the proposed research is to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among college students. The investigators propose to accomplish this by using the innovative, engineering-inspired multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) to develop a highly effective, appealing, economical, and readily scalable internet-delivered behavioral intervention targeting the intersection of alcohol use and sexual risk behavior. The rate of STIs on college campuses is alarming: one in four college students is diagnosed with an STI at least once during their college experience. Sexual activity when drinking alcohol is highly prevalent among college students. Alcohol use is known to contribute to the sexual risk behaviors that are most responsible for the transmission of STIs, namely unprotected sex, contact with numerous partners, and "hook-ups" (casual sexual encounters). Few interventions have been developed that explicitly target the intersection of alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors, and none have been optimized. In order to reduce the incidence of STI transmission among this and other high-risk groups, a new approach is needed. MOST is a comprehensive methodological framework that brings the power of engineering principles to bear on optimization of behavioral interventions. MOST enables researchers to experimentally test the individual components in an intervention to determine their effectiveness, indicating which components need to be revised and re-tested. Given the high rates of alcohol use and sex among college students, the college setting provides an ideal opportunity for intervening on alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors. The proposed study will include a diverse population of college students on 4 campuses which will increase the generalizability of the findings. The specific aims are to (1) develop and pilot test an initial set of online intervention components targeting the link between alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors, (2) use the MOST approach to build an optimized preventive intervention, and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the newly optimized preventive intervention using a fully powered randomized controlled trial (RCT). This work will result in a new, more potent behavioral intervention that will reduce the incidence of STIs among college students in the US, and will lay the groundwork for a new generation of highly effective STI prevention interventions aimed at other subpopulations at risk.

Detailed Description

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As part of the MOST approach, the investigators will conduct a series of screening experiments to build an optimized intervention. The current study is the second (of two) screening experiments. The first screening experiment corresponds to clinicaltrials.gov ID # NCT02897804.

Conditions

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Alcohol Consumption Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Knowledge alone

Participants will have access to the knowledge module for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Knowledge Alone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Increase knowledge relate d STIs, STI risk, alcohol impairment, condom use skills, alcohol use behavior tracking skills, testing \& treatment services.

Self-efficacy alone

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the self-efficacy module for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Self-efficacy alone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Increase self-efficacy to us e protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Perceived benefits alone

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the perceived benefits module for a period up to 3 weeks. \*Also referred to as 'benefits' in other arm descriptions\*\*

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Perceived benefits alone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Benefits and self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus perceived benefits and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Benefits and self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Injunctive norms alone

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the injunctive norms module for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Injunctive norms alone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Injunctive norms and self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus injunctive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Injunctive norms and self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Injunctive norms and benefits

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus injunctive norms and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Injunctive norms and benefits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Injunctive norms, benefits, self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the injunctive norms, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Injunctive norms, benefits, self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Descriptive norms alone

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive norms alone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors.

Descriptive norms and self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive norms and self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Descriptive norms and perceived benefits

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive norms and perceived benefits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Descriptive norms, benefits, self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive norms, benefits, self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Descriptive norms and injunctive norms

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive norms and injunctive norms

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors and correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Descriptive and injunctive norms, self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the injunctive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive and injunctive norms, self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

orrect misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Descriptive and injunctive norms, and benefits

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms, injunctive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive and injunctive norms, and benefits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms, injunctive norms, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and Increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies alone

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies module for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies alone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter.

Expectancies and self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies and self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies and perceived benefits

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies and perceived benefits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Expectancies, benefits, self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, benefits, self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies and injunctive norms

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies and injunctive norms

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Expectancies, injunctive norms, self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, injunctive norms, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, injunctive norms, self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies, injunctive norms, and benefits

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, injunctive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, injunctive norms, and benefits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Expectancies, injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, injunctive norms, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies and descriptive norms

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and descriptive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies and descriptive norms

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors.

Expectancies, descriptive norms, self-efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, descriptive norms, & self-efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits, efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits, efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies, descriptive and injunctive norms

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies , descriptive norms, and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, descriptive and injunctive norms

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; and correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies , descriptive norms, injunctive norms, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, injunctive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive, benefits, efficacy

Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, injunctive norms, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive, benefits, efficacy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Interventions

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Knowledge Alone

Increase knowledge relate d STIs, STI risk, alcohol impairment, condom use skills, alcohol use behavior tracking skills, testing \& treatment services.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Self-efficacy alone

Increase self-efficacy to us e protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Perceived benefits alone

Increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Benefits and self-efficacy

Increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Injunctive norms alone

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Injunctive norms and self-efficacy

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Injunctive norms and benefits

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Injunctive norms, benefits, self-efficacy

Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive norms alone

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive norms and self-efficacy

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive norms and perceived benefits

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive norms, benefits, self-efficacy

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive norms and injunctive norms

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors and correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive and injunctive norms, self-efficacy

orrect misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive and injunctive norms, and benefits

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy

Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and Increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies alone

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies and self-efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies and perceived benefits

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, benefits, self-efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies and injunctive norms

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, injunctive norms, self-efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, injunctive norms, and benefits

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies and descriptive norms

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter and correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, descriptive norms, & self-efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits, efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, descriptive and injunctive norms

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; and correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; and increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive, benefits, efficacy

Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter; correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors; correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse \& sexual risk taking; increase perceived benefits to use protective behavioral strategies to reduce the negative consequences of engaging in sexual behaviors under the influence of alcohol; and increase self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Currently enrolled at an American college or university
* A first-year student or first-year transfer student
* 18 years of age or older
* Have not gone through previous versions of itMatters before

Exclusion Criteria

* Not a first-year student or transfer student
* Younger than 18 years of age
* Have gone through previous versions of itMatters
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of North Carolina, Greensboro

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Penn State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Linda Collins

Distinguished Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies Professor, Department of Statistics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Linda M Collins, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Penn State University

Locations

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Fresno State University

Fresno, California, United States

Site Status

North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Site Status

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R01AA022931

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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R01AA022931-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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