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

(7)项目概要/摘要： 拟议的独立之路奖的主要目标是加速和完成 博士阿米莉亚塔利在酒精相关研究的培训和她作为一个独立的职业生涯的启动 科学家，终身助理教授。塔利博士是一位心理学家和博士后研究员 在密苏里州（MU）的NIAAA T32培训补助金。为期2年的K99阶段将完成博士。 塔利的训练，在检查模式的酒精使用在新兴的成年，重点是 性少数群体和相关的饮酒动机决定因素。与 在监督下，塔利博士将：（c）完全适应性自我概念冲突的测量;（B）检查 有性自我概念的女性饮酒行为的模式和动机决定因素 （c）参加与酒精使用和滥用有关的课程、讲习班和会议， 先进的定量数据分析、身份形成和专业发展问题;以及（d）试点所有 实验程序和材料。塔利博士还将把她的一部分时间用于传播 通过编写和提交手稿、与酒精问题专家进行磋商， 性少数群体药物使用情况，以及为全国求职准备材料。建议的导师， 博士谢尔和顾问，伍德博士，斯坦利，巴塞洛夫，休斯和钻石是专家在大学饮酒， 纵向统计模型，多元统计模型，酒精管理方法，女性 性少数物质使用和女性性身份发展。MU是世界级的 研究机构，与必要的资源，以完成K99的目标。三年的ROO阶段将 允许塔利博士（a）进行一系列实验研究，检查调节剂之间的关系， 性自我概念冲突和饮酒（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R 01。这项研究扩展了塔利博士的研究 对性少数群体的物质使用行为调查（a）性自我概念冲突的作用， 确定女性中酒精使用行为的病因和过程，和（B）解释变量， 可能解释了报告性自我概念冲突的女性中的饮酒行为。研究结果 将为塔利博士的R 01提交提供试验数据。目前的目标也符合NIAAA（2005年） 表示希望“进一步研究更广泛的LGBT个人代表性”，以“改善服务 在LGBT人群中预防和治疗酒精滥用的结果。"

(7) Project Summary/Abstract: 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."