The Temporal Relationship between Youth Drinking and Dating Violence Perpetration

超过15项研究发现，青少年饮酒与约会暴力之间存在关联，使用上个月或去年行为的总体措施，但没有一项确定饮酒和约会暴力的时间顺序。关于青少年饮酒和约会暴力之间潜在因果关系的证据是至关重要的，以便制定有效的干预措施来减少两者。拟议的纵向队列研究将使用一种创新的数据收集方法（交互式语音应答，或IVR），在12周内收集80名城市，主要是低收入和非白人青少年的酒精使用和约会暴力的每日报告。该研究将提供有关使用IVR从“难以接触”的人群中收集敏感信息的可行性数据，将产生有关参与者饮酒和实施约会暴力的事件顺序的信息，并将比较通过IVR和TLFB收集的同一时间段的事件数据。具体而言，我们假设：（1）使用高强度保留策略，从该样本中收集IVR饮酒和约会暴力数据并实现良好的参与率是可行的：e70%的参与者将在e75%的随访日提供数据;（2）约会暴力犯罪将显着更有可能发生在4小时内窗口饮酒后比没有使用酒精超过4小时;（3）约会暴力事件发生前的平均饮酒量将显著超过之后的饮酒量;（4）男性和女性在饮酒后4小时内发生约会暴力的风险增加的可能性相同。我们还将进行探索性分析，以调查通过IVR和TLFB报告的事件之间是否一致。拟议的研究是创新的，因为它将（1）产生关于NIAAA确定研究不足的高风险人群的知识;（2）产生关于难以接触的青年使用IVR的可行性的新信息;（3）通过提供有关潜在联系的证据，有可能改善青年酒精和伴侣暴力预防实践。本研究将评估青少年饮酒和约会暴力犯罪之间的时间关系，并提供有关使用IVR用于这些目的与“难以达到”的青年的可行性的信息。最终，研究结果将为旨在减少这两种未成年人行为的循证干预措施提供信息。研究结果有可能回答重要的研究问题，提高数据质量，并为预防实践做出重大贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): More than 15 studies have found an association between adolescent alcohol use and dating violence perpetration using gross measures of past-month or past-year behavior, but none have determined the temporal order of alcohol use and dating violence on days when both occur. Evidence about the potentially causal relationship between adolescent alcohol use and dating violence is essential in order to develop effective interventions to reduce both. The proposed longitudinal cohort study will use an innovative data collection method (Interactive Voice Response, or IVR) to collect daily reports on alcohol use and dating violence from 80 urban, primarily low-income and non-White, adolescents over a 12 week period. The study will provide feasibility data about the use of IVR to collect sensitive information from a "hard-to-reach" population, will yield information about the sequence of events on days when participants drink and perpetrate dating violence, and will compare event data collected via IVR and TLFB for the same time period. Specifically, we hypothesize that: (1) Using a high-intensity retention strategy, it will be feasible to collect IVR drinking and dating violence data from this sample and achieve a good participation rate: e70% of participants will provide data on e75% of the follow-up days;(2) Dating violence perpetration will be significantly more likely to occur within a 4 hr. window following alcohol use than when alcohol has not been used for >4 hrs; (3)The mean average number of drinks consumed prior to a dating violence event will significantly exceed the number consumed afterwards; and (4) Males and females will be equally likely to have an increased risk of dating violence perpetration within a 4 hr. window after alcohol use. We will also conduct exploratory analyses to investigate whether there is concordance between events reported via IVR and TLFB. The proposed research is innovative because it will (1) produce knowledge about a high-risk population that the NIAAA has determined is under-researched; (2) generate new information about the feasibility of using IVR with hard-to-reach youth; and (3) has the potential to improve both youth alcohol and partner violence prevention practice by contributing evidence about the potential connection. This study will evaluate the temporal relationship between adolescent alcohol use and dating violence perpetration, and provide information about the feasibility of using IVR for these purposes with "hard to reach" youth. Ultimately, results will inform evidence- based interventions designed to reduce both underage behaviors. Findings have the potential to answer important research questions, enhance data quality, and make a substantial contribution to prevention practice.