An Ecologically-Valid Intervention for Men's Intoxicated Aggression Toward Women

针对男性对女性的醉酒攻击行为的生态有效干预措施

基本信息

批准号：
8127386
负责人：
Kathryn Elise Gallagher
金额：
$ 4.18万
依托单位：
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-04-01 至 2013-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8127386
关键词：
Academia Accounting Address Advertisements Affect Aggressive behavior Alcohol consumption Alcoholic Beverages Alcoholic Intoxication Alcohols Area Attention Clinical Skills Cognition Cognitive Collaborations Communities Data Development Environment Feeling Female Foundations Future Gender Gender Role Goals Heavy Drinking Injury Intervention Laboratories Laboratory Research Literature Masculine Measures Mediating Methodology Minority Modeling Outcomes Research Participant Patient Self-Report Physical aggression Population Prevention Research Prevention program Procedures Public Health Questionnaires Randomized Recording of previous events Recruitment Activity Relative (related person)Reporting Research Research Personnel Risk Sampling Scientist Security Self Perception Simulate Stimulus Stress Students Testing Thinking Time Treatment outcome Universities Violence Woman Work alcohol intervention assault base breath alcohol measurement career community setting distraction effective intervention eligible participant innovation intervention effect male men perpetrators theories

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of this application is to advance a programmatic line of research investigating interventions for alcohol-related aggression toward underrepresented populations (e.g., women, sexual minorities) to serve as the foundation for a career in academia as an independent research scientist. The impetus for the proposed project is to address a call in the literature to test theoretically-based, ecologically- valid interventions for men's alcohol-related aggression toward women. It is well established that alcohol is a contributing cause of men's aggression toward women. However, only recently has research demonstrated that cognitively focused manipulations (e.g., cognitive distraction) are effective at reducing alcohol-related aggression. From these studies, researchers have proposed ecologically-valid interventions for alcohol-related aggression. However, before these interventions can be utilized in real-world settings (e.g., a bar), laboratory research must be conducted to test (1) whether these interventions are associated with less aggression toward women, (2) the cognitive mechanisms that account for this effect , and (3) in whom such an intervention will have the greatest impact. These limitations are significant barriers to the development of effective interventions for men's alcohol-related aggression toward women and speak to the critical need for data to inform the direction of prevention programming in this area. To address this need, the proposed study seeks to investigate the following specific aims: (1) the effect of a theoretically-based intervention on intoxicated at- risk men's physical aggression and cognitions toward a female confederate following a gender-relevant provocation from that female, (2) the impact of masculine gender role stress in this relation, and (3) whether men's cognitions mediate the interactive effect of the intervention and masculine gender role stress on intoxicated men's aggression. To address these aims, 74 heavy drinking men with a recent history of physical aggression toward women will present to the laboratory for two sessions to occur on two separate days. During session 1, participants will complete several self-report questionnaires. During session 2, participants will be randomly assigned to complete the study in a room equipped (or not equipped) with salient stimuli shown to inhibit aggression (e.g., mirrors, self-awareness slogans, security cameras), consume an alcoholic beverage that results in a BrAC of at least .08%, and receive a gender-relevant provocation from a female confederate. Directly thereafter, participants will complete the Taylor Aggression Paradigm which will directly measure their physical aggression toward the female confederate. Upon completion, participants will be asked via closed-circuit intercom to "talk out loud" about their thoughts and feelings into a microphone using a modified version of the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations Paradigm. It is expected that these findings will inform and provide the impetus for future prevention research in the area of alcohol-related aggression that will serve to decrease this serious public health concern. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed research is relevant to public health because it will provide the first data toward the construction of a theoretically-based, ecologically-valid intervention for at-risk men's alcohol- related aggression toward women. It is well established that alcohol is a contributing cause of men's aggression toward women which affects approximately 25% of women during their lifetime (NVAWS; Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). We expect that findings from this study will inform and provide the impetus for future prevention research in this area that will serve to decrease this serious public health malady.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的总体目标是推进一项研究计划，调查针对代表性不足的人群（例如女性、性少数群体）的酒精相关攻击行为的干预措施，作为学术界职业生涯的基础独立研究科学家。拟议项目的动力是响应文献中的呼吁，测试基于理论的、生态上有效的干预措施，以应对男性与酒精相关的对女性的攻击行为。众所周知，酒精是男性攻击女性的一个原因。然而，直到最近才有研究表明，以认知为重点的操作（例如认知分散）可以有效减少与酒精相关的攻击行为。根据这些研究，研究人员提出了针对与酒精相关的攻击行为的生态有效的干预措施。然而，在将这些干预措施应用于现实环境（例如酒吧）之前，必须进行实验室研究来测试（1）这些干预措施是否与减少对女性的攻击性有关，（2）解释的认知机制这种影响，以及（3）这种干预将对谁产生最大的影响。这些局限性严重阻碍了针对男性对女性的酒精相关攻击行为制定有效干预措施，并表明迫切需要数据来指导该领域的预防规划方向。为了满足这一需求，拟议的研究旨在调查以下具体目标：（1）基于理论的干预对醉酒高危男性在受到女性同伴的性别相关挑衅后的身体攻击性和认知的影响，（2）男性性别角色压力在此关系中的影响，以及（3）男性认知是否介导干预和男性性别角色压力对醉酒的交互作用男人的攻击性。为了实现这些目标，74 名近期有对女性进行身体攻击史的酗酒男性将在实验室进行为期两天的两次会议。在第一节期间，参与者将完成几份自我报告调查问卷。在第 2 节期间，参与者将被随机分配到一个配备（或未配备）可抑制攻击性的显着刺激物（例如镜子、自我意识标语、安全摄像头）的房间内完成研究，饮用酒精饮料，从而导致BraAC 至少为 0.08%，并且受到来自女性同盟者的与性别相关的挑衅。此后，参与者将完成泰勒攻击范式，该范式将直接测量他们对女性同盟的身体攻击行为。完成后，参与者将被要求通过闭路对讲机使用模拟情境范式中的清晰表达思想的修改版本对着麦克风“大声说出”他们的想法和感受。预计这些发现将为未来酒精相关攻击领域的预防研究提供信息并提供动力，从而减少这一严重的公共卫生问题。公共健康相关性：拟议的研究与公共健康相关，因为它将提供第一批数据，以针对高危男性对女性的酒精相关攻击行为构建基于理论的、生态上有效的干预措施。众所周知，酒精是男性对女性产生攻击性的一个原因，大约 25% 的女性一生中都会受到酒精的影响（NVAWS；Tjaden & Thoennes，2000）。我们期望这项研究的结果将为该领域未来的预防研究提供信息并提供动力，从而减少这种严重的公共卫生疾病。