Alcohol, Emotion Regulation, and Escalation of Aggression during Dating Conflict

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请的首要目标是发展和维持酒精使用和约会暴力领域的一系列规划研究，作为临床心理学独立科学家职业生涯的基础。约会暴力的发生率很高，尤其是考虑到言语攻击；考虑到言语攻击可能是使用身体攻击的先兆，这是一个令人担忧的统计数据。这种升级为身体攻击的可能性更大，而且可能在冲突期间饮酒时发生得更快。这项拟议中的研究首次对男女约会的这一过程进行了实验研究。具体地说，研究1的目的是开发和验证一个实验范式，以检验报告的使用攻击性的可能性，以及在引起愤怒的录音约会冲突中，从言语攻击到身体攻击的潜在升级。研究2将把研究1中建立的方法与标准化的酒精给药方案结合起来，在21-30岁的异性恋约会个体中进行抽样。参与者将完成自我报告问卷，这是一种隐含的情绪调节措施，然后将被随机分配到酒精、安慰剂或不饮酒的条件下。在饮料操作之后，参与者将看到录音刺激，被要求持续评估他们的主观愤怒唤醒，并提供他们参与谈判策略的可能性，以及在整个情景持续时间内每30秒进行一次言语和身体攻击。研究2旨在(A)评估酒精中毒和酒精期望对攻击性反应的影响，(B)确定情绪调节在使用言语和身体攻击的可能性中的作用，以及(C)考察酒精使用、情绪调节和以前被证明与约会暴力有关的其他因素(如性别、个性)与使用言语和身体攻击的可能性之间的关系。个体生长曲线模型的使用将能够检查每个个体随时间的变化，以及饮料条件和其他预测因素对变化的影响。约会暴力是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题，男性和女性在恋爱关系中实施攻击性行为的比例很高。伴侣暴力与许多有害后果有关，包括对身体和精神健康的担忧。对目前调查中提出的关系的审查将使人们能够更好地机械地了解约会暴力的实施；从而导致制定更有效的预防和干预方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of this application is to develop and maintain a programmatic line of research in the area of alcohol use and dating violence that will serve as the basis for a career as an independent scientist in clinical psychology. Rates of dating violence are high especially when considering verbal aggression; a concerning statistic given that verbal aggression may be a precursor to the use of physical aggression. This escalation to physical aggression may be more likely, and may occur more rapidly during a conflict when alcohol has been consumed. The proposed research is the first to experimentally examine this process in both dating men and women. Specifically, the purpose of Study 1 is to develop and validate an experimental paradigm to examine the reported likelihood of using aggression and the potential escalation from verbal to physical aggression in response to an anger-arousing audio-taped dating conflict. Study 2 will combine the methodology established in Study 1 with a standardized alcohol administration protocol in a sample of heterosexual dating individuals 21-30 years old. Participants will complete self-report questionnaires, an implicit measure of emotion regulation, and then will be randomly assigned to an alcohol, placebo, or no alcohol condition. After the beverage manipulation, participants will be presented with the audio-taped stimuli, asked to continuously assess their subjective anger arousal, and provide the likelihood they would engage in negotiation tactics, as well as verbal and physical aggression every 30 seconds throughout the duration of the scenario. Study 2 is designed to (a) evaluate the effects of alcohol intoxication and alcohol expectancies on aggressive responses, (b) determine the role of emotion regulation in the likelihood to use verbal and physical aggression, and (c) examine the associations among alcohol use, emotion regulation, and other factors previously shown to relate to dating violence (e.g., gender, personality), on the likelihood to use verbal and physical aggression. The use of individual growth curve modeling will enable an examination of each individual's change over time as well as the effects of beverage conditions and other predictors on change. Dating violence is a growing public health concern, with men and women perpetrating aggression in relationships at high rates. Partner violence has been associated with many deleterious consequences including both physical and mental health concerns. Examinations of the relations proposed in the current investigation will enable a better mechanistic understanding of the perpetration of dating violence; thus leading to the development of more effective prevention and intervention programs.