Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Sexual Assault Recovery and Reduce Drinking to Cope through a Web-Based Intervention

项目总结 性侵犯是一个持续存在的公共卫生问题，影响着相当大比例的大学女性和 通常与酗酒的增加有关，以应对袭击后的痛苦。幸存者通常会康复 在像女生联谊会这样的社交网络中，酗酒是常态，戒酒与酗酒并存 同龄人喝酒可能会加剧幸存者饮酒以应对的情况。为了解决这个问题，当前的应用程序 涉及开发一种新的干预措施，旨在促进对幸存者的有效支持 女生联谊会的社交网络。与酗酒不相容的支持行为预计会增加 在所有干预措施中，在幸存者中感受到支持并减少酒精使用和相关后果 收件人。研究计划涉及：(1)与以下机构合作开发一种新的基于网络的干预 社区利益相关者，(2)在试点整群随机试验中测试干预的可行性，以及 (3)考察与支持行为的采用相关的网络特征。这是对临床的指导 科学家研究职业发展奖(K08)将为Anna Jaffe博士提供研究支持和 培训需要成为酒精研究领域的独立研究人员。Jaffe医生有一个很强的 研究酒精使用和性侵犯之间的交集的基金会，但需要额外的 培训成为一名干预研究人员，能够通过利用 在社交网络中管理短暂干预的技术。为了促进这次培训，玛丽·拉里默博士， 克里斯汀·李和辛西娅·斯塔彭贝克将在干预开发和评估方面提供指导 与饮酒、同伴和性侵犯有关。此外，南希·巴尼特博士和泰勒博士 麦考密克将在社交网络方法论和相关统计分析方面提供指导。这个 华盛顿大学是进行这项研究和获取内容的理想环境， 在酒精干预领域发展独立事业所需的方法学和统计学专业知识 研究。拟议的项目将提供试点数据，以支持R01提交，以测试对 扩大并评估通过社交网络传播的支持性行为。这个极具创新性的 研究计划与NIAAA在创建低资源技术方面的战略目标是一致的 通过改善对艾滋病幸存者的同伴支持，有可能显著影响公共健康的干预措施 性侵犯和大范围减少大量饮酒。

PROJECT SUMMARY Sexual assault is a persistent public health problem that affects a substantial proportion of college women and is often associated with increases in heavy drinking to cope with post-assault distress. Survivors often recover within social networks such as sororities where heavy drinking is normative, and recovery alongside heavy drinking peers can exacerbate survivors’ drinking to cope. To address this problem, the current application involves the development of a novel intervention designed to promote effective support of survivors within social networks of sororities. Support behaviors incompatible with heavy drinking are expected to increase perceived support among survivors and reduce alcohol use and related consequences among all intervention recipients. The research plan involves: (1) developing a new web-based intervention in collaboration with community stakeholders, (2) testing the feasibility of the intervention within a pilot cluster randomized trial, and (3) examining network characteristics associated with adoption of support behaviors. This Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) will provide Dr. Anna Jaffe with the research support and training needed to become an independent researcher in the field of alcohol research. Dr. Jaffe has a strong foundation researching the intersection between alcohol use and sexual assault, but requires additional training to become an intervention researcher capable of contributing to broad change by leveraging technology to administer brief interventions within social networks. To facilitate this training, Drs. Mary Larimer, Christine Lee, and Cynthia Stappenbeck will provide mentorship in intervention development and evaluation with relevance to alcohol use, peers, and sexual assault. Additionally, Drs. Nancy Barnett and Tyler McCormick will provide mentorship in social network methodology and related statistical analyses. The University of Washington is an ideal environment for conducting this research and obtaining the content, methodological, and statistical expertise necessary to develop an independent career in alcohol intervention research. The proposed project will provide pilot data to support a R01 submission to test the intervention on a larger scale and evaluate the spread of supportive behaviors through social networks. This highly innovative research plan is consistent with NIAAA strategic goals in the creation of a low-resource technology-based intervention that has the potential to significantly impact public health by improving peer support to survivors of sexual assault and reduce heavy drinking on a broad scale.