Service to Others and Long-Term Outcomes.

描述（由申请人提供）：这个修订的指导研究科学家发展奖（KOI）申请（#1 KOI AA015137-01）将启动Pagano博士的职业生涯进入酒精治疗研究，重点是aa相关行为和社会动态，促进酒精中毒的长期恢复。特别令人感兴趣的是，在AA成员中，亲社会行为在动员减少饮酒和维持戒酒方面的作用。该申请描述了一个紧密结合的职业发展计划，包括一个具体的出版计划和一个研究项目，以及致力于候选人成功的国际声誉导师：罗伯特·斯托特、罗伯特·斯威夫特、j·斯科特·托尼根和简·皮利亚文。职业规划包括4个要素：

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (KOI) application (#1 KOI AA015137-01) will launch Dr. Pagano's career into alcohol treatment research, with a focus on AA-related behaviors and social dynamics that facilitate long-term recovery from alcoholism. Of particular interest is the role of prosocial behaviors among AA members that mobilize drinking reduction and sustain abstinence. This application describes a tightly integrated career development plan that includes a specific plan for publications, and a research project, with mentors of international reputation who are committed to the success of the candidate: Drs. Robert Stout, Robert Swift, J. Scott Tonigan, and Jane Piliavin. The career plan consists of 4 elements, sequenced to enhance the success of the research plan: (1) didactic academic training in the epidemiology and neuropsychology of alcoholism, alcoholism and its comorbidities, alcoholism treatment and intervention strategies, and ethical issues in conducting alcoholism research, (2) in-depth study of alternative methodological approaches used in alcohol research, (3) direct research experiences, and (4) statistical training. Combined, these activities will increase Dr. Pagano's understanding of the biological, psychological, and social factors associated with the etiology and recovery from alcoholism; develop clinical skills; increase understanding of the nature and theory of clinical interventions; and advance the candidate's statistical skills for analyses of longitudinal data. The proposed research plan has three phases, with the final goal of developing a psychometrically validated self-report measure of prosocial behaviors, the Prosocial Behavior Questionnaire (PBQ). Phase I and II involve instrument development, refinement, and data collection within the context of an ongoing NIAAA funded study (CME: #AA09907-09) and a non-treatment seeking community sample. Phase in involves psychometric examination of the PBQ, the relationship between changes in PBQ scores and drinking outcomes, and comparison of PBQ scores among CME1 participants to participants from a community sample. Accomplishment of these aims will provide the necessary foundation for a prospective study of the longitudinal relationship between prosocial behavior and later drinking reduction and improved recidivism, an objective Dr. Pagano will address in an R01 application in year 4.