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

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的总体目标是在酒精使用和约会暴力领域发展和维持一个程序化的研究路线，这将作为临床心理学独立科学家职业生涯的基础。约会暴力的比例很高，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前兆，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，而且可能在冲突中喝酒时发生得更快。这项拟议中的研究首次通过实验检验了男女约会时的这一过程。具体而言，研究1的目的是开发和验证一个实验范式，以检验在回应引起愤怒的录音约会冲突时使用攻击的可能性以及从言语攻击到身体攻击的潜在升级。研究2将结合研究1中建立的方法和标准化的酒精管理方案，在21-30岁的异性恋约会个体样本中进行研究。参与者将完成自我报告问卷，这是一种情绪调节的隐性测量，然后将被随机分配到酒精、安慰剂或不饮酒的情况下。在饮料操纵之后，参与者将被出示录音刺激，被要求持续评估他们的主观愤怒唤起，并在整个场景中每30秒提供他们参与谈判策略的可能性，以及语言和身体攻击。研究2旨在(a)评估酒精中毒和酒精预期对攻击反应的影响，(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)检查酒精使用、情绪调节和其他先前显示与约会暴力有关的因素（如性别、个性）之间的关联，以及使用言语和身体攻击的可能性。使用个体生长曲线模型可以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，男女在恋爱关系中实施侵犯的比例很高。伴侣暴力与许多有害后果有关，包括身体和精神健康问题。对目前调查中提出的各种关系的审查将有助于更好地从机制上理解约会暴力的发生；从而导致更有效的预防和干预方案的发展。

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.