Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and evaluate the preliminary efficacy of an intervention to address reducing alcohol use, sexual revictimization, and psychological distress among bisexual+ women (i.e., attraction to more than one gender: bisexual, pansexual, queer). The main questions the study seeks to answer are: 1) what is the feasibility of the recruitment method, research design, interventionist training methods, and delivery of the intervention; 2) does the intervention, relative to control, at the 2- and 4-month follow-up period, produce reductions in the quantity and frequency of alcohol use, sexual victimization, and psychological distress (anxiety, depression). Follow-up assessments are completed at 2- and 4-months following program completion. The intervention is compared to a wait list control group.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- be between the ages of 18 and 24 years of age;
- identify as female gender or fluid, or gender non-conforming, gender queer, or non-binary
- identify as bisexual+ (i.e., attraction to more than one gender: bisexual, pansexual, queer);
- report a history of attempted or completed penetrative acts of sexual victimization (i.e., oral, vaginal, anal) since age 14 via coercion, incapacitation or force;
- report exceeding the national recommended limits for daily drinking (4 or more for women) on two or more occasions in the past month;
- report past month sexual activity.
Exclusion Criteria:
- current suicide risk on the Beck Depression Inventory
- current symptoms of alcohol use withdrawal on the Alcohol Use Withdrawal Checklist