Refining Boosters to Strengthen Online College Student Drinking Interventions

精炼助推器加强在线大学生饮酒干预

• 批准号: 9032106
• 负责人: Abby L. Braitman
• 金额: $ 15.98万
• 依托单位: OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9032106
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (MRSDA; K01). Abby L. Braitman, Ph.D., is an excellent candidate for this award. Her burgeoning program of research focuses broadly on harm reduction for emerging adult drinkers, with a specific focus on boosters to strengthen and extend the effects of popular online interventions for college drinking. Dr. Braitman [was previously] a National Research Service Award (NRSA) postdoctoral fellow at Old Dominion University, and the MRSDA would facilitate her goals of becoming a productive, independent scientist researching the reduction of alcohol-related problems among emerging adults. To strengthen her current skill set, broaden her knowledge to a wider scope, and add new skills to her repertoire, the following training goals have been identified for the award period: 1) to broaden and strengthen her emerging adult alcohol use knowledge base, 2) to develop expertise in the enhancement and evaluation of boosters to interventions for college drinkers, 3) to increase her proficiency in the principles an skills of Social Network Analysis, 4) to enhance scholarly productivity via secondary data analyses and manuscript preparation, and 5) to increase her skills and productivity regarding grantsmanship. The training and research plan enlists the mentorship and collaboration of Kate Carey, Ph.D., Professor of Behavioral & Social Sciences at Brown University, Michelle Kelley, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, and Cathy Lau-Barraco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, both at Old Dominion University, [as well as Kayo Fujimoto, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Texas], with the consultant Ken Leonard, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) out of SUNY, Buffalo. Old Dominion University, a large, state-supported institution in Norfolk, Virginia is an ideal institutional environment to carry out these goals, with numerous resources in support of both the training and research goals specified. The research activities under the proposed award include a series of three studies designed to refine the methodology, improve the efficacy of an electronic booster, [and close the gap between in-person and computerized interventions]; this program of research aims to 1) examine if personal contact enhances the tailored feedback received via booster email, 2) identify optimal timing of delivery for booster, [3a) explore social mechanisms of change], 3b) examine the effects of interventions-plus-boosters when delivered to existing social networks (i.e., fraternities/sororities, and individual drinking networks), and 4) examine previously identified potential moderators and mediators of reductions in alcohol use and related problems. Results from the proposed research will provide preliminary data for an R01 application to be completed by Dr. Braitman during the award period. Completion of the proposed training and research would allow her to transition to independence as an investigator and lay the groundwork for her long-term career goals.

 描述(由申请者提供)：本申请书是关于导师研究科学家发展奖(MRSDA；K01)的申请。艾比·L·布莱特曼博士是这一奖项的优秀候选人。她的研究项目方兴未艾，主要集中在降低新兴成年饮酒者的危害上，特别是加强和扩大大学饮酒在线干预措施的效果。Braitman博士[之前]是Old Dominion大学的国家研究服务奖(NRSA)博士后研究员，MRSDA将促进她成为一名多产的独立科学家，研究减少新兴成年人中与酒精相关的问题。为了加强她目前的技能，在更广泛的范围内扩大她的知识范围，并为她的曲目增加新的技能，为获奖期确定了以下培训目标：1)扩大和加强她新兴的成人酒精使用知识库，2)开发专门知识来增强和评估助推器对大学饮酒者的干预，3)提高她对社交网络分析的原理和技能的熟练程度，4)通过二级数据分析和手稿准备来提高学术生产力，以及5)提高她在赠款方面的技能和生产力。培训和研究计划征集了布朗大学行为和社会科学教授Kate Carey博士、心理学教授Michelle Kelley博士和心理学助理教授Cathy Lau-Barraco博士[以及德克萨斯大学公共卫生学院助理教授Kayo Fujimoto博士]的指导和合作，以及布法罗纽约州立大学高级研究科学家兼成瘾研究所(RIA)主任Ken Leonard博士的指导和合作。老道明大学是弗吉尼亚州诺福克市的一所由国家支持的大型机构，是实现这些目标的理想制度环境，拥有大量资源来支持指定的培训和研究目标。拟议奖励下的研究活动包括一系列三项研究，旨在改进方法、提高电子助推器的效力[并缩小面对面干预和计算机化干预之间的差距]；这项研究的目标是：1)检查个人接触是否增强了通过助酒器电子邮件收到的量身定制的反馈；2)确定助酒器的最佳提供时间，[3a)探索改变的社会机制]，3b)检查干预加助酒器在提供给现有社交网络(即兄弟会/女生联谊会和个人饮酒网络)时的影响，以及4)检查以前确定的减少饮酒和相关问题的潜在主持人和调解人。拟议研究的结果将为Braitman博士在颁奖期间完成的R01申请提供初步数据。完成拟议的培训和研究将使她能够过渡到作为一名调查员的独立，并为她的长期职业目标奠定基础。