Back to resultsEngineering an Online STI Prevention Program: CSE2
Primary Purpose
Alcohol Consumption, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Knowledge Alone
Self-efficacy alone
Perceived benefits alone
Benefits and self-efficacy
Injunctive norms alone
Injunctive norms and self-efficacy
Injunctive norms and benefits
Injunctive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Descriptive norms alone
Descriptive norms and self-efficacy
Descriptive norms and perceived benefits
Descriptive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Descriptive norms and injunctive norms
Descriptive and injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Descriptive and injunctive norms, and benefits
Descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Expectancies alone
Expectancies and self-efficacy
Expectancies and perceived benefits
Expectancies, benefits, self-efficacy
Expectancies and injunctive norms
Expectancies, injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Expectancies, injunctive norms, and benefits
Expectancies, injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Expectancies and descriptive norms
Expectancies, descriptive norms, & self-efficacy
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits, efficacy
Expectancies, descriptive and injunctive norms
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, efficacy
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive, benefits, efficacy
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About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Alcohol Consumption focused on measuring Multiphase optimization strategy, College students
Eligibility Criteria
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
Sites / Locations
- Fresno State University
- North Dakota State University
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Texas A&M University
Arms of the Study
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Arm Label
Knowledge alone
Self-efficacy alone
Perceived benefits alone
Benefits and self-efficacy
Injunctive norms alone
Injunctive norms and self-efficacy
Injunctive norms and benefits
Injunctive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Descriptive norms alone
Descriptive norms and self-efficacy
Descriptive norms and perceived benefits
Descriptive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Descriptive norms and injunctive norms
Descriptive and injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Descriptive and injunctive norms, and benefits
Descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Expectancies alone
Expectancies and self-efficacy
Expectancies and perceived benefits
Expectancies, benefits, self-efficacy
Expectancies and injunctive norms
Expectancies, injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Expectancies, injunctive norms, and benefits
Expectancies, injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Expectancies and descriptive norms
Expectancies, descriptive norms, self-efficacy
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits, efficacy
Expectancies, descriptive and injunctive norms
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, efficacy
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive, benefits, efficacy
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the self-efficacy module for a period up to 3 weeks.
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**
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus perceived benefits and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the injunctive norms module for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus injunctive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus injunctive norms and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
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.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
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.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the injunctive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
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.
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.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies module for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, injunctive norms, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, injunctive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
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.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and descriptive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
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.
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies , descriptive norms, and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
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.
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.
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Descriptive norms about the intersection of alcohol and sex collected via an online questionnaire.
This scale consists of 6 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average perceived prevalence of the alcohol and sex behaviors.
Injunctive norms about the intersection of alcohol and sex collected via an online questionnaire.
This scale consists of 6 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average perceived approval of the alcohol and sex behaviors, ranging from strongly disapprove to strongly approve.
Expectancies about the intersection of alcohol use and sex collected via an online questionnaire.
This scale consists of 10 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average number of drinks expected to experience the 10 different outcomes.
Perceived benefits about using protective behavioral strategies collected via an online questionnaire.
This scale consists of 11 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average likelihood of contracting an STI using the listed behaviors.
Self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies collected via an online questionnaire.
This scale consists of 9 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average level of confidence is using protective behavioral strategies to reduce the risk of contracting and STI, ranging from not at all confident to extremely confident.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Binge drinking behavior collected via an online questionnaire.
This item asks how many times in the past two weeks a male has 5 or more drinks in a 2-hour period (or females 4 or more drinks in a 2-hour period). This variable will be collapsed into 1 or more times versus other and reported as a prevalence of this behavior and used as a dichotomous outcome in regression analyses.
Unprotected sex behavior at most recent sex collected via an online questionnaire.
This item asks whether or not a condom was used for oral, anal or vaginal sex. This variable will be collapsed into a dichotomous variable with unprotected anal or vaginal sex versus other and reported as a prevalence of this behavior and used as a dichotomous outcome in regression analyses.
Penetrative sex at most recent hookup collected via an online questionnaire.
This item asks whether or not the most recent hookup included vaginal or anal sex. This variable will be collapsed into a dichotomous variable with penetrative sex versus other and reported as a prevalence of this behavior and used as a dichotomous outcome in regression analyses.
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT03408743
First Posted
January 17, 2018
Last Updated
July 3, 2019
Sponsor
Penn State University
Collaborators
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT03408743
Brief Title
Engineering an Online STI Prevention Program: CSE2
Official Title
The Intersection of Alcohol and Sex: Engineering an Online STI Prevention Program
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
July 2019
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
September 18, 2017 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2017 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2017 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Penn State University
Collaborators
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
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
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.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Alcohol Consumption, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Keywords
Multiphase optimization strategy, College students
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Factorial Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
2946 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Knowledge alone
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Self-efficacy alone
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the self-efficacy module for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Perceived benefits alone
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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**
Arm Title
Benefits and self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus perceived benefits and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Injunctive norms alone
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the injunctive norms module for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Injunctive norms and self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus injunctive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Injunctive norms and benefits
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus injunctive norms and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Injunctive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Descriptive norms alone
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Descriptive norms and self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Descriptive norms and perceived benefits
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Descriptive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Descriptive norms and injunctive norms
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the descriptive norms and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Descriptive and injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the injunctive norms and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Descriptive and injunctive norms, and benefits
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Expectancies alone
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies module for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies and self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies and perceived benefits
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, benefits, self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies and injunctive norms
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, injunctive norms, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, injunctive norms, and benefits
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, injunctive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Expectancies and descriptive norms
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies and descriptive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, descriptive norms, self-efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, and self-efficacy modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies, descriptive norms, and perceived benefits modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits, efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Expectancies, descriptive and injunctive norms
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will have access to the knowledge module plus the expectancies , descriptive norms, and injunctive norms modules for a period up to 3 weeks.
Arm Title
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Arm Title
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive, benefits, efficacy
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
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.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Knowledge Alone
Intervention Description
Increase knowledge relate d STIs, STI risk, alcohol impairment, condom use skills, alcohol use behavior tracking skills, testing & treatment services.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Self-efficacy alone
Intervention Description
Increase self-efficacy to us e protective behavioral strategies (e.g., condom negotiation skills) to reduce unprotected sex.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Perceived benefits alone
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Benefits and self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Injunctive norms alone
Intervention Description
Correct misperceptions regarding approval of alcohol misuse & sexual risk taking.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Injunctive norms and self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Injunctive norms and benefits
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Injunctive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive norms alone
Intervention Description
Correct misperceptions of prevalence of alcohol-induced sexual risk behaviors, alcohol use/misuse, and sexual risk behaviors.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive norms and self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive norms and perceived benefits
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive norms, benefits, self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive norms and injunctive norms
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive and injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive and injunctive norms, and benefits
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies alone
Intervention Description
Decrease the expectation that alcohol is needed to have good sexual encounter.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies and self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies and perceived benefits
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, benefits, self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies and injunctive norms
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, injunctive norms, self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, injunctive norms, and benefits
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, injunctive norms, benefits, efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies and descriptive norms
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, descriptive norms, & self-efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, descriptive norms, benefits, efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, descriptive and injunctive norms
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, efficacy
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive norms, benefits
Intervention Description
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
Intervention Name(s)
Expectancies, descriptive & injunctive, benefits, efficacy
Intervention Description
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.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Descriptive norms about the intersection of alcohol and sex collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This scale consists of 6 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average perceived prevalence of the alcohol and sex behaviors.
Time Frame
This measure will be assessed immediately following the 3-week intervention.
Title
Injunctive norms about the intersection of alcohol and sex collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This scale consists of 6 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average perceived approval of the alcohol and sex behaviors, ranging from strongly disapprove to strongly approve.
Time Frame
his measure will be assessed immediately following the 3-week intervention.
Title
Expectancies about the intersection of alcohol use and sex collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This scale consists of 10 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average number of drinks expected to experience the 10 different outcomes.
Time Frame
This measure will be assessed immediately following the 3-week intervention.
Title
Perceived benefits about using protective behavioral strategies collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This scale consists of 11 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average likelihood of contracting an STI using the listed behaviors.
Time Frame
This measure will be assessed immediately following the 3-week intervention.
Title
Self-efficacy to use protective behavioral strategies collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This scale consists of 9 items and will be created as a weighted scale score. Analyses will report the mean and standard deviation and expected mean values from a regression analysis. The scale will reflect the average level of confidence is using protective behavioral strategies to reduce the risk of contracting and STI, ranging from not at all confident to extremely confident.
Time Frame
This measure will be assessed immediately following the 3-week intervention.
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Binge drinking behavior collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This item asks how many times in the past two weeks a male has 5 or more drinks in a 2-hour period (or females 4 or more drinks in a 2-hour period). This variable will be collapsed into 1 or more times versus other and reported as a prevalence of this behavior and used as a dichotomous outcome in regression analyses.
Time Frame
This measure will be assessed 1 month following the completion of the intervention.
Title
Unprotected sex behavior at most recent sex collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This item asks whether or not a condom was used for oral, anal or vaginal sex. This variable will be collapsed into a dichotomous variable with unprotected anal or vaginal sex versus other and reported as a prevalence of this behavior and used as a dichotomous outcome in regression analyses.
Time Frame
This measure will be assessed 1 month following the completion of the intervention.
Title
Penetrative sex at most recent hookup collected via an online questionnaire.
Description
This item asks whether or not the most recent hookup included vaginal or anal sex. This variable will be collapsed into a dichotomous variable with penetrative sex versus other and reported as a prevalence of this behavior and used as a dichotomous outcome in regression analyses.
Time Frame
This measure will be assessed 1 month following the completion of the intervention.
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
30 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
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
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Linda M Collins, PhD
Organizational Affiliation
Penn State University
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Fresno State University
City
Fresno
State/Province
California
ZIP/Postal Code
93740
Country
United States
Facility Name
North Dakota State University
City
Fargo
State/Province
North Dakota
ZIP/Postal Code
58108
Country
United States
Facility Name
Middle Tennessee State University
City
Murfreesboro
State/Province
Tennessee
ZIP/Postal Code
37132
Country
United States
Facility Name
Texas A&M University
City
College Station
State/Province
Texas
ZIP/Postal Code
77843
Country
United States
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD
No
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