Expanding recovery support for emerging adults with alcohol use disorder: Training in the science of social network sites

K23的首要目标是支持Brandon G.Bergman博士的培训，这是一种新的临床 麻省总医院和哈佛医学院的调查员和成瘾心理学家 学校(MGH/HMS)。他的目标是成为科学方法论方面的专家，利用社会 网络站点(SNS)平台，以促进和增加我们对与康复相关的行为变化的了解 在有酒精使用障碍(AUD)的个人中。作为获得专业知识的重要第一步 SNS科学，候选人提出了一项原创的、有指导的研究研究，重点是特定于恢复的研究 恢复期SNSS(Recovery SNSS)--以患者为中心的AUD研究的新领域.恢复SNS在功能上类似 到Facebook和Twitter等传统SNS，尽管它们也提供方便和灵活的访问 在一个支持恢复的在线社区中恢复资源。这项研究建立在广泛的文献基础上 展示体内、面向康复的网络的临床和公共卫生效用，如酗酒者 匿名(AA)，通过检查这些数字恢复支持服务作为辅助服务的临床效用 门诊成瘾治疗和专门为新兴成年人(18-29岁)提供的持续护理。EAS 是有针对性的，因为他们证明了平均而言，与老年人相比，他们的结果更差，理论表明 他们在SNS中的社交沉浸可以被用来提高积极的康复期望、应对技能、自我 通过让他们接触有利于恢复的社会规范并让他们参与进来，为恢复提供效力和网络支持 其中恢复资源存在于恢复SNS中。这项有指导的研究旨在为候选人提供 通过密集的实践培训，帮助他发展专业知识，在这些专业知识的基础上，他可以建立独立的 以病人为导向的成瘾研究计划。伯格曼博士的导师团队将帮助他的科学发展 在以下方面：1)在新兴成年人中进行以患者为中心的原始成瘾研究 以及与康复相关的行为改变机制(John Kelly；MGH/HMS)；2)进行 数字社交空间中的健康行为研究(Kamal Jethwani；MGH/HMS)；3)数字整合 面对面成瘾治疗中的康复管理(Lisa Marsch；达特茅斯学院)；4)纵向， 倾向得分匹配，以及数据分析的中介方法(Robert Stout，太平洋研究所 研究和评估)；和5)社会发展过程(杰弗里·阿内特博士；克拉克大学)。在……里面 除了在MGH/HMS中心(例如，合作伙伴互联健康)内进行培训外，Bergman博士的培训计划 还包括波士顿大学新兴媒体研究项目的实质性课程，以及 哈佛大学公共卫生学院的量化课程。他的职业目标与NIAAA的一致 重点放在a)开发创新的行为策略以促进积极的饮酒行为 变化，以及b)研究潜在的重要恢复机制(例如，社交网络的影响) 高危发育阶段(初露头角；http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-299.html).

The overarching goal of this K23 is to support the training of Dr. Brandon G. Bergman, a new clinical investigator and addiction psychologist located at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (MGH/HMS). His goal is to become an expert in scientific methodologies that capitalize on social network site (SNS) platforms to promote, and increase our understanding of, recovery-related behavior change among individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD). As a major first step toward gaining expertise in the science of SNSs, the candidate proposes an original, mentored research study focused on recovery-specific SNSs (recovery SNSs), a novel area of patient-oriented AUD research. Recovery SNSs are similar functionally to conventional SNSs, such as Facebook and Twitter, though they also provide convenient and flexible access to recovery resources in a recovery-supportive online community. The study builds on an extensive literature showing the clinical and public health utilities of in-vivo, recovery-oriented networks, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), by examining the clinical utility of these digital recovery support services as adjuncts to outpatient addiction treatment and continuing care specifically for emerging adults (EAs; 18-29 years old). EAs are targeted because they evidence poorer outcomes relative to older adults, on average, and theory suggests their social immersion in SNSs can be leveraged to enhance positive recovery expectancies, coping skills, self- efficacy, and network support for recovery by exposing them to pro-recovery social norms and engaging them with recovery resources present in recovery SNSs. This mentored study is intended to provide the candidate with intensive, hands-on training, helping him to develop expertise on which he can build an independent patient-oriented addiction research program. Dr. Bergman's mentorship team will aid his scientific development in the following areas: 1) the conduct of original patient-oriented addiction research among emerging adults with AUD, and mechanisms of recovery-related behavior change (John Kelly; MGH/HMS); 2) the conduct of health behavior research in digital social spaces (Kamal Jethwani; MGH/HMS); 3) the integration of digital recovery management in face-to-face addiction treatment (Lisa Marsch; Dartmouth College); 4) longitudinal, propensity score matching, and mediation approaches to data analysis (Robert Stout, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation); and 5) EA social-developmental processes (Dr. Jeffrey Arnett; Clark University). In addition to training within MGH/HMS centers (e.g., Partners Connected Health), Dr. Bergman's training plan also includes substantive coursework at the Emerging Media Studies program at Boston University, and quantitative coursework at the Harvard School of Public Health. His career goals are in line with the NIAAA’s emphases on a) the development of innovative behavioral strategies to promote positive drinking behavior change, and b) the study of potentially vital recovery mechanisms (e.g., social network influences) during an at-risk developmental stage (emerging adulthood; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-299.html).