An interventional study of Alcoholic Beverage and Non-alcoholic Beverage in Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking and Sexual Aggression, sponsored by Arizona State University. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 21 Years to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-17.
Sponsored by Arizona State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
This project extends the investigators' previous research regarding the intersecting risks of alcohol, sexual risk behavior (SRB), and sexual aggression (SA) in male drinkers who have sex with women by examining the mediating and moderating roles of both intrapersonal and interpersonal emotional factors. While independent streams of research consistently document alcohol's role in SRB and SA, the investigators' work has demonstrated that these behaviors are related, and that alcohol exacerbates their likelihood both independently and synergistically. The researchers' investigations focus on a particular type of SRB: men's resistance to condom use with female partners who want to have protected sex. Condom use resistance (CUR) is common and normative among young male drinkers, with up to 80% of men reporting engaging in CUR. Of particular concern, research demonstrates that up to 42% of men report using coercive CUR tactics such as emotional manipulation, deception, condom sabotage, and force to obtain unprotected sex. Investigators will evaluate hypotheses that distal and proximal emotional and alcohol factors influence in-the-moment SRB/CUR intentions as well as daily alcohol use and SRB/CUR. The investigators will also examine whether the relationships among assessed variables are similar across experimental and naturalistic settings. That is, investigate the extent to which men's responses in the lab parallel their real-world drinking and SRB/CUR behaviors, particularly regarding self and partner emotions, empathy, and interpersonal stress.
224 studies on the registry are indexed under Sexual Behavior; 30 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 320 is above the median of 264 across 179 interventional studies indexed under Sexual Behavior.
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Participants will receive a dose of alcohol mixed in fruit juice designed to achieve a peak breath alcohol concentration of .08%.
Behavioral: Alcoholic Beverage
Participants will receive a beverage that does not contain alcohol (fruit juice only).
Behavioral: Non-alcoholic Beverage
Participants receive an experimental manipulation describing negative emotions in a hypothetical sexual partner.
Behavioral: Partner Negative Mood Manipulation
Participants receive an experimental manipulation describing positive emotions in a hypothetical sexual partner.
Behavioral: Partner Positive Mood Manipulation
Participants will consume an alcoholic beverage (vodka mixed with fruit juice) that is the equivalent of 3-4 standard alcoholic drinks based on their body weight.
Participants will consume a nonalcoholic beverage (fruit juice) that is the isovolemic equivalent of 3-4 standard alcoholic drinks based on their body weight.
Participants will engage in a laboratory task and will then report their own and their partner's emotions following the task.
Participants will engage in a laboratory task and will then report their own and their partner's emotions following the task.
Mean score of sexual risk intentions
Self-reported ratings of unprotected sex likelihood in a hypothetical scenario Scale range: 1 (not at all likely) to 7 (very likely). A higher value is a worse outcome. This is one total scale (no subscales). Items are averaged to compute a mean score.
Time frame: within one hour of receiving the intervention
Sexual risk behavior
Number of unprotected sexual intercourse events
Time frame: 6 months
Plan to share: Yes — We will make available individual, de-identified participant data that underlie disseminated results.
Supporting information: Statistical analysis plan
Time frame: Immediately following publication and ending 3 years following publication.
Access criteria: Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal for the use of the data. Data will also be made available through the NIAAA Data Archive.
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Started Jun 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2027, 42 months after the start.
Of 106 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Sexual Behavior, half reached primary completion within 27 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 47. This study's planned 42 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 107 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 47.
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