The Temporal Relationship between Youth Drinking and Dating Violence Perpetration

描述(由申请人提供)：超过15项研究发现，通过粗略衡量过去一个月或过去一年的行为，青少年饮酒和约会暴力行为之间存在关联，但没有一项研究确定了饮酒和约会暴力同时发生的时间顺序。关于青少年饮酒和约会暴力之间潜在因果关系的证据是至关重要的，以便制定有效的干预措施来减少两者。拟议的纵向队列研究将使用一种创新的数据收集方法(交互式语音响应，或IVR)来收集80名城市青少年(主要是低收入和非白人)在12周内饮酒和约会暴力的每日报告。这项研究将提供有关使用IVR从难以接触到的人群中收集敏感信息的可行性数据，将提供参与者饮酒和实施约会暴力的事件顺序信息，并将比较同一时间段通过IVR和TLFB收集的事件数据。具体地说，我们假设：(1)使用高强度保留策略，从该样本收集IVR饮酒和约会暴力数据将是可行的，并获得良好的参与率：E70%的参与者将提供e75%的跟踪天数的数据；(2)约会暴力行为发生在4小时内的可能性显著增加。(3)发生约会暴力事件前的平均饮酒量将大大超过发生约会暴力事件后的平均饮酒量；(4)男性和女性在4小时内发生约会暴力行为的风险同样高。饮酒后打开窗户。我们还将进行探索性分析，以调查通过IVR和TLFB报告的事件之间是否存在一致性。拟议的研究具有创新性，因为它将(1)产生关于NIAAA认为研究不足的高危人群的知识；(2)产生关于对难以接触到的年轻人使用IVR的可行性的新信息；以及(3)通过提供关于潜在联系的证据，有可能改善青少年酗酒和伴侣暴力预防实践。这项研究将评估青少年饮酒和约会暴力行为之间的时间关系，并提供信息，说明为这些目的使用IVR的可行性。最终，结果将为旨在减少这两种未成年人行为的循证干预提供依据。这些发现有可能回答重要的研究问题，提高数据质量，并对预防实践做出实质性贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): More than 15 studies have found an association between adolescent alcohol use and dating violence perpetration using gross measures of past-month or past-year behavior, but none have determined the temporal order of alcohol use and dating violence on days when both occur. Evidence about the potentially causal relationship between adolescent alcohol use and dating violence is essential in order to develop effective interventions to reduce both. The proposed longitudinal cohort study will use an innovative data collection method (Interactive Voice Response, or IVR) to collect daily reports on alcohol use and dating violence from 80 urban, primarily low-income and non-White, adolescents over a 12 week period. The study will provide feasibility data about the use of IVR to collect sensitive information from a "hard-to-reach" population, will yield information about the sequence of events on days when participants drink and perpetrate dating violence, and will compare event data collected via IVR and TLFB for the same time period. Specifically, we hypothesize that: (1) Using a high-intensity retention strategy, it will be feasible to collect IVR drinking and dating violence data from this sample and achieve a good participation rate: e70% of participants will provide data on e75% of the follow-up days;(2) Dating violence perpetration will be significantly more likely to occur within a 4 hr. window following alcohol use than when alcohol has not been used for >4 hrs; (3)The mean average number of drinks consumed prior to a dating violence event will significantly exceed the number consumed afterwards; and (4) Males and females will be equally likely to have an increased risk of dating violence perpetration within a 4 hr. window after alcohol use. We will also conduct exploratory analyses to investigate whether there is concordance between events reported via IVR and TLFB. The proposed research is innovative because it will (1) produce knowledge about a high-risk population that the NIAAA has determined is under-researched; (2) generate new information about the feasibility of using IVR with hard-to-reach youth; and (3) has the potential to improve both youth alcohol and partner violence prevention practice by contributing evidence about the potential connection. This study will evaluate the temporal relationship between adolescent alcohol use and dating violence perpetration, and provide information about the feasibility of using IVR for these purposes with "hard to reach" youth. Ultimately, results will inform evidence- based interventions designed to reduce both underage behaviors. Findings have the potential to answer important research questions, enhance data quality, and make a substantial contribution to prevention practice.