INTERVENING WITH FRATERNITIES TO DECREASE ALCOHOL ABUSE

拟议的研究合并理论和干预研究， 行为和社会科学，以解决一个重大的公共卫生问题， 美国--大学校园里过度饮酒， 酒精受损驾驶的伴随风险（即，驾车 醉酒或DWI）。从理论上讲，这两年的项目 将评估理论驱动的“积极关怀模式”的有效性 由PI和他的学生设计， 干预剂（即，自愿申请 特殊的干预技术，以减少过度的可能性， 酒精消耗或DWI）。该研究还将评估 某些口头报告衡量个人因素（即具体 意图、危险的生活方式和某些人格特征） 预测兄弟会派对上的饮酒量 从 实际问题解决的角度，研究将开发和测试 各种干预技术，以减少过度的概率 大学联谊会派对和随后的DWI中的酒精消费 风险;在后续研究期间，在校园范围内传播 将对干预技术进行评估，培训材料将 开发用于大规模应用（例如，关于学院和大学 美国各地的校园）。在八次兄弟会聚会之前， 学生饮酒意向、生活方式和个人特征 (i.e.,自尊，乐观，个人控制，群体凝聚力，感觉 将被测量。 在兄弟会派对前后， 学生的血液酒精浓度（BAC）将被客观评估 用酒精测试仪 在联谊会上，学生们 将系统地参与各种干预技术 观察 完善的干预进程对减少 将评估受试者内和受试者间的DWI风险 比较。也就是说，两个兄弟会将有两个连续的政党， 一个是干预过程，另一个是对照（ 平衡AB与BA格式）。 对于整个校园的评估，办公室 学生事务部将帮助我们传播干预技术， 所有兄弟会（n=34）和姐妹会（n=16）。通过采访， 问卷调查和焦点小组会议，我们将评估影响， 社会有效性的干预过程中发展的建议， 项目

The proposed research merges theory and intervention research in the behavioral and social sciences to address a major public health problem in the U.S. -- excessive alcohol consumption on university campuses and concomitant risks for alcohol-impaired driving (i.e., driving while intoxicated or DWI). From a theoretical perspective, the two year project will assess the validity of a theory-driven "actively caring model" designed by the PI and his students to predict who will become intervention agents (i.e., individuals who will volunteer to apply a particular intervention technique to reduce the probability of excessive alcohol consumption or DWI). The research will also evaluate the extent that certain verbal report measures of person factors (i.e. specific intentions, risky lifestyles, and certain personality characteristics) predict the amount of alcohol consumption at a fraternity party. From a practical problem-solving perspective, the research will develop and test various intervention techniques to reduce the probability of excessive alcohol consumption at university fraternity parties and subsequent DWI risk; and during follow-up research, a campuswide dissemination of the intervention techniques will be evaluated and training materials will be developed for large-scale application (e,g., on college and university campuses throughout the U.S.). Prior to eight fraternity parties, students' drinking intentions, lifestyles, and person characteristics (i.e., self-esteem, optimism, personal control, group cohesion, sensation seeking) will be measured. Before and after the fraternity parties, students' blood alcohol concentration (BAC) will be objectively assessed with a breathalyzer. During the fraternity parties, students' participation in various intervention techniques will be systematically observed. The impact of a refined intervention process for reducing the risk of DWI will be assessed with both within-subject and between subject comparisons. That is, two fraternities will have two successive parties, one with the intervention process and the other as a control (with a balanced AB vs. BA format). For the campuswide evaluation, the Office of Student Affairs will help us disseminate the intervention techniques to all fraternities (n=34) and sororities (n=16). Through interviews, questionnaires, and focus group meetings we will assess the impact and social validity of the intervention process developed from the proposed project.