Clinical Trial: Examining the Role of Sensitivity to Uncertain Threat and Alcohol Response in Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder Following Sexual Assault in College Women

U.S., Oct. 27 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07894289) titled 'Examining the Role of Sensitivity to Uncertain Threat and Alcohol Response in Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder Following Sexual Assault in College Women' on Sept. 16.

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether women who engage in heavy drinking with a history of sexual assault (SA) victimization show heightened baseline reactivity to uncertain threat (U-threat), whether alcohol reduces this reactivity and related anxiety, and how these processes link to real-world drinking behavior. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Test whether heavy drinking women with a history of SA display exaggerated baselin...