Alcohol and couple communication study
Treatments studied
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how alcohol affects communication between partners in a relationship. You'll be asked to drink a small amount of alcohol and then discuss topics with your partner in a lab setting.
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Who can take part
- You and your partner must both be cisgender (the gender you were assigned at birth matches how you identify).
- At least one of you must be a man.
- Both partners must be between 21 and 65 years old.
- You must have been in a relationship for at least one month and had sex at least once in the past month with each other.
- You must have had at least three times in the past year when you drank as much as or more than the study dose (a weight-based amount of alcohol).
- You cannot be on treatment for alcohol or drug problems, or have certain medical conditions like a heart pacemaker, severe asthma, past serious head injuries, or current mental health distress.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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