MODELING WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR

模拟女性参与高风险行为的情况

• 批准号: 6224818
• 负责人: SEANA GOLDER
• 金额: $ 3.24万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-30 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6224818
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; emotional dependency; female; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; interview; legal /correctional; psychological adaptation; psychological shock; social model; substance abuse related disorder; women's health; young adult human (21-34)

There is an absence of theoretically guided research upon which to develop gender specific interventions for women who engage in risk behaviors, such as illicit substance use, that increase the probability of involvement in the criminal justice system. Research investigating such behaviors has primarily generated descriptive finding and most of the studies have been based on samples in which all respondents engage in high levels of risky behavior. The result is that the mechanism(s) by which some women come to engage in high risk behaviors while other do not has not been well elucidated. This research utilizes respondents, and the data they have provided, as participants in a longitudinal study of young women who gave birth as adolescents - some of whom engage in high levels of risky behavior and others that do not. To address gaps in the literature, this project will develop, refine, and test two hypothesized models: (1) the relationship between trauma, adult attachment, and substance use and (2) an extension of the first, assessing the relationship between trauma, attachment, risky behavior, and incarceration. Finally, social context of substance use and lawbreaking will be investigated, with findings organized around the theoretical models to be tested.

缺乏理论上的指导研究，可以为从事风险行为（例如非法药物使用）的妇女开发特定的性别干预措施，从而增加了参与刑事司法系统的可能性。调查此类行为的研究主要产生了描述性发现，大多数研究都是基于样本，在该样本中，所有受访者都参与高水平的风险行为。 结果是，某些女性从事高风险行为而其他妇女的机制却没有得到很好的阐明。这项研究利用受访者及其提供的数据，作为对年轻女性的纵向研究，这些年轻女性以青少年的身份出生 - 其中一些人从事高风险行为，而另一些则没有。 为了解决文献中的差距，该项目将开发，完善和测试两个假设的模型：（1）创伤，成人依恋和物质使用之间的关系以及（2）第一个扩展，评估创伤，依恋，风险行为，风险行为和无监禁之间的关系。 最后，将研究毒品使用和违法行为的社会背景，围绕要测试的理论模型进行了组织。