Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a brief task completed on a smartphone can reduce alcohol use and risky sexual behavior among women between the ages of 18 and 25 who have a history of experiencing sexual assault or an unwanted sexual experience. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does the smartphone task change approach biases for alcohol and condom-related images?
• Does the smartphone task reduce alcohol use and risky sexual behavior?

Researchers will compare the smartphone task to a sham control to see if the smartphone task changes biases and behavior.

Participants will:

• Complete a baseline assessment battery of questionnaires
• Complete either the intervention smartphone task or the sham smartphone task on four consecutive days.
• Complete a follow-up assessment one week after finishing the four tasks
• Complete a three-month follow-up

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult women who report lifetime experience sexual assault,
• Consume alcohol at least moderately (e.g., at least seven drinks per week; NIAAA, 2015),
• Have engaged in sexual intercourse with a casual, non-committed male partner without a condom at least three times during the three months prior to data collection.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active homicidal or suicidal ideation;
• History of or current psychotic disorders as the study protocol may be therapeutically insufficient;
• Previously identified as having a Pervasive Developmental Disability.