A risk factor for elevated alcohol use among females in young adulthood

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的独立之路奖的主要目标是加速和完成Amelia Talley博士在酒精相关研究方面的培训，并启动她作为独立科学家的职业生涯，并获得终身助理教授职位。塔利博士是一名心理学家，也是密苏里大学NIAAA T32培训资助的博士后。为期两年的K99阶段将完成Talley博士的培训，检查成年初期的酒精使用模式，重点是性少数群体和酒精参与的相关动机决定因素。在监督下，Talley博士将：(c)完成性自我概念冲突测量的适应；(b)审查证明性自我概念冲突的妇女酒精使用行为的模式和动机决定因素；(c)参加有关酒精使用和滥用、定性和高级定量数据分析、身份形成和专业发展问题的课程、讲习班和会议；(d)试验所有实验程序和材料。Talley博士还将拿出一部分时间，通过编写和提交稿件、与酒精和性少数群体药物使用问题专家协商以及为全国求职准备材料等方式传播研究成果。拟议中的导师谢尔博士和顾问谢尔博士。Wood、Steinley、Bartholow、Hughes和Diamond分别是大学饮酒、纵向统计模型、多元统计模型、酒精管理方法、女性性少数群体药物使用和女性性认同发展方面的专家。MU是一所世界级的研究机构，拥有完成K99目标所需的资源。为期3年的ROO阶段将允许Talley博士(a)进行一系列实验研究，检查性自我概念冲突与酒精消费之间关系的调节因素(b)建立她的实验室(c)继续准备和传播研究结果，以及(d)向NIAAA提交R01。这项研究扩展了Talley博士对性少数群体物质使用行为的研究，以调查(a)性自我概念冲突在决定女性酒精使用行为的病因和过程中的作用，以及(b)可能解释报告性自我概念冲突的女性酒精使用行为的解释变量。研究结果将为Talley博士提交的R01报告提供试点数据。目前的目标也与NIAAA（2005）表达的愿望一致，即“进一步研究更广泛的LGBT群体”，以“改善LGBT群体酒精滥用预防和治疗的服务和结果”。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The major objectives of the proposed Pathway to Independence Award are the acceleration and completion of Dr. Amelia Talley's training in alcohol-related research and the launching of her career as an independent scientist with a tenure-track assistant professor position. Dr. Talley is a psychologist and a postdoctoral fellow on an NIAAA T32 training grant at the University of Missouri (MU). The 2-year K99 Phase will complete Dr. Talley's training in the examination of patterns of alcohol use during emerging adulthood, with an emphasis on sexual minority populations and the associated motivational determinants of alcohol involvement. With supervision, Dr. Talley will: (c) complete adaptation of a measure of sexual self-concept conflict; (b) examine patterns and motivational determinates of alcohol use behaviors among women evidencing sexual self-concept conflict; (c) attend courses, workshops, and conferences related to alcohol use and misuse, qualitative and advanced quantitative data analysis, identity formation, and professional development issues; and (d) pilot all experimental procedures and materials. Dr. Talley will also dedicate a portion of her time to the dissemination of research findings through manuscript preparation and submission, consultation with experts on alcohol and sexual minority substance use, and preparation of materials for a national job search. The proposed mentor, Dr. Sher, and consultants, Drs. Wood, Steinley, Bartholow, Hughes & Diamond are experts in college drinking, longitudinal statistical modeling, multivariate statistical modeling, alcohol administration methodology, female sexual minority substance use, and female sexual identity development, respectively. MU is a world-class research institution, with the resources necessary to complete the aims of the K99. The 3-year ROO Phase will allow Dr. Talley to (a) conduct a series of experimental studies examining moderators of the relation between sexual self-concept conflict and alcohol consumption (b) establish her laboratory (c) continue preparation and dissemination of research findings, and (d) submit an R01 to NIAAA. This study extends Dr. Talley's research on sexual minority substance use behaviors to investigate (a) the role of sexual self-concept conflict in determining etiology and course of alcohol use behaviors among women and (b) explanatory variables that may account for alcohol use behaviors among women who report sexual self-concept conflict. Study findings will provide pilot data for Dr. Talley's R01 submission. The current aims are also in-line with NIAAA's (2005) expressed desire "to further research with a broader representation of LGBT individuals" to "improve services and outcomes in the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse among LGBT individuals."