Relationship Dynamics and Young Adult Drug Use and Abuse

描述(申请人提供)：这项拟议的研究将调查酒精和其他药物(AOD)在成年早期使用的发展轨迹、社会适应和亲密伴侣适应之间的协变性。纵向样本最初是在11到25岁之间的9个波中进行评估的。参与者将在随访期内年龄在25-30岁之间。在成人早期随访中，参与者将被邀请参加一项生态评估，其中包括与关系伙伴的录像观察，然后是6个简短的季度调查，这些调查将记录18个月期间的活动生活方式、关系调整、关系变化和AOD使用的信息。此外，最初分配的实验组将在最初的评估会议后接受关系检查或成人检查。分析将集中在从青春期早期到成年的问题行为的发展轨迹的背景下，了解成年期早期AOD使用相对于改变的关系和活动生活方式的稳定性和变化。本研究将使用多元模型来考虑青春期干预和青年期干预在成人AOD使用、关系适应和活动生活方式方面的独特和综合影响。这项研究与设计有效的成人早期简短干预措施直接相关，这些干预措施促进健康的关系和家庭的形成，并解决在各种服务环境中使用AOD的问题，如高等教育、社会服务和军队。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed study will investigate the co variation between alcohol and other drug (AOD) use developmental trajectories, social adaptation, and intimate partner adjustment in early adulthood. The longitudinal sample was originally assessed in 9 waves between ages 11 and 25 years. Participants will be age 25-30 years during the follow-up period. In the early adult follow-up, participants will be invited to participate in an ecological assessment that will include a videotaped observation with a relationship partner, followed by 6 brief, quarterly surveys that will capture information about activity lifestyle, relationship adjustment, changes in relationships, and AOD use over an 18-month period. In addition, the originally assigned experimental group will be offered the Relationship Check-Up or Adult Check-Up following the initial assessment session. Analyses will focus on understanding stability and change in AOD use in early adulthood relative to changing relationships and activity lifestyles, in the context of developmental trajectories of problem behavior from early adolescence through adulthood. Multivariate modeling will be used to consider the unique and combined influence of the adolescent intervention and the young adult intervention in terms of adult AOD use, relationship adjustment, and activity lifestyles. This research is directly related to the design of effective early adult brief interventions that promot healthy relationships and family formation and address AOD use in a variety of service contexts, such as postsecondary education, social services, and the military.