Recruiting

MPAIRS

Sponsor:

State University of New York at Buffalo

Code:

NCT07261722

Conditions

Sexual Violence

Behavior Change

Military Training

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 24

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Peer-Based Motivational Interview

Health and Well-Being for All

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to test if a modified peer-based motivational intervention (the Military PAIRS; MPAIRS) is reasonable and practical for military contexts. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does it works to reduce SV?
  • Does it works to reduce risky drinking? To test this, participants will answer questions about their SV history and risky drinking. Then they will be given MPAIRS. After 1 month, they will be asked about their SV history and risky drinking again.

Conditions

Sexual Violence

Behavior Change

Military Training

Study ID

NCT07261722

Start date

Oct 10, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 24

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Enlisted U.S. Navy service members on active duty status
  • Meet criteria for risky drinking (i.e. score of 4+ for men, 2+ for women according to the AUDIT-C)
  • Have an eligible peer and the pair must socialize together at least twice a month

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals who endorse evidence of withdrawal (Item 6 on the AUDIT)

Study Design

Enrollment

132 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) (Phase One)

Will participate in the Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) intervention in Phase One

experimental: Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) (Phase Two)

Will participate in the Peer-Based Motivational Interview (PMI) intervention in Phase Two

active comparator: Health and Well-Being for All

The control group for Phase Two will be Health and Well-Being For All intervention.

Interventions

Peer-Based Motivational Interview

The intervention will use Motivational Interviewing's (MI) collaborative conversation style for strengthening commitment to change, to motivate and prepare service members to work together to reduce Sexual Violence (SV) risk. This intervention will target ways that the peer dyad may support, encourage, and share responsibility with one another in protecting against SV. The Peer-based MI (PMI) will then use the responsibility and relationship of peers as a framework to foster collaborative efforts to increase readiness and decrease barriers to helping behavior. As part of this, the PMI will focus on the identification and implementation of skills peers can use to help one another prevent SV. PMI will include a focused discussion of the ways drinking may impede helping efforts. Moreover, the PMI will encourage service members to identify personal, specific strategies for reducing the effects of alcohol on helping.

Health and Well-Being for All

This single-session intervention, is designed to be delivered to peers in a group or dyad-based format, examines social determinants of health and wellness across a variety of domains. The intervention outlines a 6-step process for improving overall wellness. The CDC offers a number of handouts and other materials (e.g., peer dialogue exercises, data cards) that accompany the didactic material. In this study, the HWBA intervention will be delivered by a project interventionist. The session will be designed to be time equivalent (90 minutes) to the MPAIRs intervention. (Pember, 2018)

Primary outcome measure

  • Readiness to intervene [ Time Frame: In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up. ]
  • Peer -Directed Bystander Behaviors Scale for Friends [ Time Frame: In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up. ]
  • Assault Protective Strategies [ Time Frame: In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up. ]
  • PBSS-20 Alcohol Protective Strategy [ Time Frame: In Phase 1, at baseline and 4 week follow up. In Phase 2, at baseline, 1 month follow up, 2 month follow up, and 3 month follow up. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jennifer P Read, Ph.D.

7166450193jpread@buffalo.edu

Locations

University at Buffalo Department of Psychology

Recruiting

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14260

Contacts

Jennifer P Read, Ph.D.

716-883-2574jpread@buffalo.edu

More Information

Sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo

Last update posted

Apr 23, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by State University of New York at Buffalo on 2026-04-23.