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{"title":"Prior Sexual Aggression as a Moderator of an Integrated Alcohol and Sexual Assault Prevention Program for Heavy-Drinking College Men: A Brief Report.","authors":"Lindsay M Orchowski, Jennifer E Merrill, Roselyn Peterson, Nancy P Barnett, Alan Berkowitz, Brian Borsari, Daniel W Oesterle, Caron Zlotnick","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00040","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Sexual aggression and heavy drinking are interrelated concerns among college men. As a result, integrated prevention interventions now exist to address co-occurring risks for sexual aggression and heavy drinking. The Sexual Assault and Alcohol Feedback and Education (SAFE) program is a multi-session integrated alcohol and sexual assault prevention program for college men that addresses alcohol use, sexual activity, social norms, alcohol-related sexual consequences, understanding of consent, and engagement in bystander intervention. Given that prior sexual aggression is a risk factor for subsequent perpetration of sexual aggression, the present study examined whether the effect of SAFE on a range of outcomes (rape myth acceptance, hypergender ideology, labeling of consent, and bystander intervention intentions) depended on men's baseline history of perpetration.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants in the study were heavy-drinking college men (<i>N</i> = 115) randomly assigned to SAFE or a mindfulness-based control condition, who completed follow-ups at 2 and 6 months. Data were analyzed using multilevel modeling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Degree of prior sexual aggression significantly moderated effects of SAFE on change in intentions to intervene, as well as rape myth acceptance, between baseline and 6 months. As baseline perpetration decreased, those receiving SAFE significantly increased bystander intervention intentions more than the control group. As baseline perpetration increased, those receiving SAFE significantly increased rape myth acceptance more than the control group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings emphasize the importance of continued examination of who benefits from integrated alcohol and sexual assault prevention programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"281-286"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980410/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142349043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Initial Efficacy of a Multiple Behavior Change Intervention Addressing Alcohol Use, Sexual Risk-Taking, and Bystander Intervention.","authors":"Lucy E Napper, Shannon R Kenney, Laura C Wolter, Nicole L Johnson, Lindsay M Orchowski, Prachi H Bhuptani, Nancy P Barnett","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00009","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Prevention programs that address the intersecting health problems of risky alcohol use, unsafe sexual behaviors, and sexual violence are needed. This pilot project assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a two-session group-based intervention, Sex Positive Lifestyles: Addressing Alcohol & Sexual Health (SPLASH), targeting these highly interconnected risks for college students across genders.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 217 participants (51.6% male, ages 18-24) took part in the SPLASH intervention or a nutrition/exercise control condition. SPLASH included three approaches aimed at reducing the incidence of alcohol problems, unsafe sex, and sexual victimization: normative feedback to modify misperceptions around peers' drinking, sexual behaviors, and support of bystander intervention; drinking and sexual-related protective behavioral strategy training to enhance safer drinking and sex-risk behaviors; and bystander intervention skills training to promote bystander efficacy and engagement. Participants completed baseline and follow-up (1-month and 6-month) online assessments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SPLASH demonstrated high acceptability and feasibility, as well as preliminary efficacy. SPLASH participants reported strong acceptability of the intervention, particularly its integrated content and interactive, in-person group format. Successful enrollment (70% randomized) and retainment point to the feasibility of recruiting students to this two-session in-person intervention. Results showed sustained trends toward more accurate perceived sex-related norms and indications of increasing bystander norms among intervention but not control participants.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results demonstrate the potential for SPLASH to effectively address the interrelated health risks of risky alcohol use, unsafe sex, and sexual violence on college campuses and point to the need for larger-scale studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"246-260"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980399/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using Virtual Reality in Sexual Aggression Alcohol Administration Research: Opportunities and Challenges.","authors":"Antonia Abbey, Angela J Jacques-Tiura, Elise Vanparis, Jaxon Hart, Dylan A John, Erica Nason, Grayson Lawrence, Ava Messisco, Kenneth Scott Smith","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00032","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This article explores methodological opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions for alcohol administration research that uses a virtual reality (VR) analogue for sexual aggression.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We briefly review relevant sexual aggression, alcohol administration, and VR literature. The strengths and limitations of different types of analogues are described.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most existing sexual aggression analogues use sexual assault scenarios that end the same way for all participants, who are then asked how they would respond in that situation. Studies using these analogues have produced valuable findings regarding alcohol's role in sexual aggression; however, one important limitation is that participants can distance themselves from the situation before responding. VR provides highly immersive behavioral analogues that require participants to make quick decisions; thus, they are less likely to be impacted by social desirability. In VR, participants make multiple decisions based on the feedback they receive from their virtual dating partner and the ending depends on the choices they make. For example, VR analogues can allow participants to select dates who are intoxicated or to encourage their virtual dating partner to drink alcohol. Thus, researchers can model different patterns of responses and strategies used to attempt to obtain sex, which can then be used to develop interventions targeted for individuals with different types of risk profiles.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There are strengths and limitations associated with all experimental proxies. The field would benefit from greater discussion of the essential elements of sexual aggression and whether these vary for different types of perpetrators and situations that involve alcohol.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"166-176"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980404/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142622967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Online Program for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Reduces Alcohol Use and Teen Dating Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Katie M Edwards, Heather Littleton, Joseph Gardella, Lorey A Wheeler, Alexander Farquhar-Leicester, Weiman Xu, Caroline Spitz, Paige Hespe, Alexis Chavez, Seungju Kim, Dongho Choi, Maeve Allen, Emily Camp, Sarah Ashworth, Minati Sharma, Joshua Girard, Molly Higgins, Skyler Hopfauf, Clayton Neighbors","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00007","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of the current study was to assess preliminary efficacy from a randomized controlled trial of the Promoting Resilient Youth with Strong Hearts and Mind (PRYSHM) Program. PRYSHM is an online, live-facilitated, nine-session group program for sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) ages 15 to 18. The program focuses on reducing proximal forms of minority stress, promoting positive identity development, building LGBTQ+ community, developing social-emotional skills, and providing alcohol use and teen dating violence (TDV) prevention skills.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants (recruited predominantly via social media) included 304 recently dating SGMY (ages 15 to 18) from across the United States who were randomized to treatment or waitlist after completing a baseline survey. Participants completed post-test and 3-month follow-up surveys.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Relative to the waitlist, participants in the PRYSHM condition had reduced alcohol use and TDV perpetration. Dosage analyses supported that youth who attended six or more PRYSHM sessions had better outcomes than the control group, more so than youth who attended 0-2 sessions or 3-5 sessions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These data provide preliminary support for PRYSHM as an efficacious intervention to reduce TDV, alcohol use, and alcohol consequences among SGMY. Dosage analyses provided additional nuance in understanding program effects, with promising findings for those receiving a higher dosage of intervention content. Research is needed using larger samples of SGMY, including SGMY with identities underrepresented in the current trial (e.g., SGMY assigned male at birth), as well as work seeking to evaluate mechanisms of change and identify the optimum program dosage. There is also a need for studies with a longer-term follow-up to evaluate the intervention's durability and whether additional booster sessions are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"287-296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980403/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143080344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Easily Accessible, Semi-Automated Approach to Creating Personalized Normative Feedback and Risk Feedback Graphics.","authors":"Jack T Waddell, Scott E King, William R Corbin, Teresa A Treat, Katie Witkiewitz, Richard J Viken","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00003","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Personalized normative feedback interventions show efficacy in reducing health risk behaviors (e.g., alcohol use, sexual aggression). However, complex personalized normative feedback interventions may require manual methods of inputting participant data into graphics, which introduces error, and automated approaches require substantial technical costs and funding and may limit the types of feedback that can be provided.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>To make personalized normative feedback more accessible, we outline a method of using easily accessible software programs, including IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, to create and display complex personalized normative feedback graphics. We also describe methods through which personalized normative feedback graphics can be created within a larger preventive intervention for alcohol and sexual assault in college men.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We first provide step-by-step instructions for collecting data and then creating semi-automated syntax files within SPSS and Excel to merge participant data into complex personalized normative feedback graphics in Excel. To do so, we append annotated syntax in text and supplemental material. Next, we outline the process of creating risk feedback graphics, whereby individual items or the exact wording of items are displayed back to the participant. Finally, we provide guidance regarding the process of translating graphics from Excel for viewing via PowerPoint without having to manually update PowerPoint slides for each presentation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Via the described syntax and graphic generation, researchers are then able to create semi-automated personalized normative feedback and risk feedback graphics. This tutorial may help increase the dissemination of complex personalized normative feedback interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"177-185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980400/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interactive Effects of Anger and Alcohol Intoxication on Men's Laboratory-Based Sexual Aggression Propensity Following a Masculinity Threat.","authors":"Tiffany L Marcantonio, Dominic Parrott, Gracie Avery, Lindsay S Ham, Kristen N Jozkowski, Brandon L Crawford","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00159","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The I³ Model posits that men are more likely to engage in sexual aggression when instigation (e.g., their masculinity is threatened) and impellance are high (e.g., high trait anger) and inhibition is low (e.g., alcohol intoxication). This study investigates the independent and interactive effects of trait anger and acute intoxication on men's sexual aggression propensity after exposure to a masculinity threat.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Cisgender, heterosexual men (<i>n</i> = 120, ages 21-30) completed a self-report measure of trait anger, were randomly assigned to consume an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage, and engaged in the Sexual Imposition Paradigm (SIP), which assessed laboratory-based sexual aggression propensity toward a female confederate. Before the SIP, all men's masculinity was threatened via feedback from a personality test, which indicated that they were less masculine than other men.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The interaction between trait anger and beverage condition was significant. When men were intoxicated, sexual aggression propensity increased among men with higher trait anger, whereas for sober men, their sexual aggression propensity decreased with higher trait anger.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Consistent with the I³ Model, individual differences in trait anger may be an important risk factor for men's sexual aggression under the influence of alcohol. These findings have implications for intervention programming. Anger often arises as a response to feeling vulnerable, such as when men's masculinity is threatened. Thus, the integration of established, evidenced-based approaches to reduce feelings of anger into prevention programs for sexual aggression, particularly among men who have consumed alcohol, may be valuable.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"229-237"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980406/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Alcohol Use and Minority Stress on Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People.","authors":"Evan J Basting, Lauren R Grocott, Michael Munson, Gregory L Stuart, Ryan C Shorey","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00010","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Intimate partner violence (IPV) is highly prevalent among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults. Integrated theories of minority stress and alcohol-related IPV suggest that minority stress risk and protective factors should interact with alcohol use to predict IPV, although this has never been examined in TGD adults. Thus, we examined the synergistic influence of alcohol use, minority stress, and TGD community connectedness on IPV perpetration among TGD adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A sample of 137 TGD adults completed a cross-sectional survey assessing minority stressors (i.e., internalized transnegativity, identity outness), TGD community connectedness, alcohol use/problems, and IPV perpetration (i.e., psychological, physical, and gender minority identity-specific abuse). We regressed each form of IPV perpetration on alcohol use/problems and tested the moderating effect of internalized transnegativity, identity outness, and community connectedness on the association between alcohol use/problems and IPV perpetration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The association between alcohol use/problems and all forms of IPV perpetration was moderated by internalized transnegativity and identity outness, but not TGD community connectedness. Alcohol use/problems related to each form of IPV perpetration at low and medium, but not high, levels of identity outness and internalized transnegativity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Alcohol use/problems are an important risk factor for IPV perpetration among TGD adults and this association may be exacerbated by less identity outness. Further, internalized transnegativity might not influence IPV risk at high levels of alcohol use. TGD-affirming IPV prevention programs might focus on reducing alcohol use and related problems while providing a safe and accessible space for TGD individuals at various levels of identity outness.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"297-305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980414/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141075606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On The Ground: Methodological and Ethical Considerations of a Field Study on Alcohol Intoxication and Sexual Misperception Among Drinking Venue Patrons.","authors":"Lauren Smith, Elizabeth Neilson, William H George","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00028","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Decades of research have been dedicated to the study and prevention of sexual aggression perpetration. Despite robust evidence linking acute intoxication and sexual aggression perpetration, few studies have examined this association in naturalistic contexts like drinking settings. Field studies are needed to inform etiological models and interventions that generalize to the naturalistic environment. The goal of this study is to guide researchers on the logistical and ethical considerations involved in conducting an alcohol field study by detailing the methodology used in a field study on alcohol and sexual misperception.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This article presents a field study protocol for measuring sexual misperception, a precursor to sexual aggression, in patrons exiting bars. One hundred forty-three participants completed the study procedures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In-depth information on procedures for site selection, recruitment, screening, measure selection, consent, and capacity assessment is provided. Ethical considerations, barriers to the implementation of field studies, and possible solutions are discussed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Field studies can evaluate proximal causes of alcohol-involved sexual aggression and intermediary processes like sexual misperception in naturalistic settings. Greater implementation of field studies is required for a comprehensive understanding of alcohol-involved sexual aggression perpetration and generalizable interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"186-194"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980412/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142289798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preliminary Feasibility and Acceptability of a Culturally Specific Intervention for Reducing Sexual Revictimization of College Women.","authors":"Kathleen A Parks, Noelle M St Vil, Christopher Barrick, Sarah Ardalan, Robyn Lelito, Nicolette Kumkowski, Allyson Baio, Joame Lissade, Jenna Shaver, David DiLillo","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00024","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>More than 30% of women who experience sexual assault during college experience sexual revictimization (SRV) before graduating. Current sexual assault interventions have been developed with predominantly White samples, and most do not focus on reducing SRV or include effective alcohol reduction techniques. The purpose of the current study was to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a new intervention designed to reduce SRV in Black and White college women.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A sample of 59 women (<i>n</i> = 43, White; <i>n</i> = 16, Black) were randomly assigned to either the intervention or time and attention control condition. Both conditions consisted of two 90-minute in-person group sessions and two 30-minute online self-administered learning units. During the intervention, participants watched culturally specific videos (e.g., created in partnership with the cultural group, culturally congruent with regard to race of actors, vernacular, dress, and social situations) embedded with sexual assault risk cues. Women participated in discussions designed to improve risk recognition and assertive responses to sexual assault threats. All groups were racially homogeneous and had facilitators of the same race. Online intervention units included alcohol reduction strategies (e.g., personalized normative feedback) and safe dating practices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Acceptability and feasibility of the intervention were good and suggested that cultural specificity was important for Black women. However, attrition was higher than expected, and barriers to participating were noted for Black women.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These preliminary findings highlight the potential importance as well as the challenges in developing culturally specific sexual assault interventions for college women.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"306-315"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980411/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143080346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The CAMPUS Study: A Systems Approach to Alcohol-Involved Sexual Violence on College Campuses.","authors":"Christina F Mair, Michelle Dougherty, Travis R Moore, Robert W S Coulter, Jessica G Burke, Elizabeth Miller","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00016","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Developing a better mechanistic and multilevel understanding of sexual violence on college campuses can help us evaluate and implement existing interventions, as well as develop new ones. We brought together scientists, practitioners, and college students to collaboratively characterize the systems surrounding alcohol-involved sexual violence on college campuses. Using collaborative model-building, they created models that highlight interconnected and multilevel influences and consequences of sexual violence.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Collaborative model-building activities involved two collaborator groups (12 students and 8 practitioners) and a core modeling team (7 scientists). Each collaborator group met for four 2-hour sessions to develop systems models of alcohol use and sexual violence on college campuses. The core modeling team facilitated each session and worked between sessions to ensure the successful development of the model. Specific activities included identifying and prioritizing the causes and consequences of alcohol-involved sexual violence, characterizing the causal relationships between these factors, and developing and modifying causal loop diagrams to illustrate these relationships.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both students and practitioners identified key causes and consequences, including both individual-level (e.g., drinking to intoxication) and campus-level (e.g., institutional support for survivors) constructs. Both groups identified the causal relationships between these variables and identified salient, modifiable mechanisms for reducing alcohol-involved sexual violence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The collaborative model-building process successfully included diverse collaborator voices, integrating influential factors across multiple social-ecological levels. This iterative and capability-building approach can bridge intensive modeling efforts with the implementation and development of more effective sexual violence interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"206-217"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980408/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}