(Revised) An Independent Scientist Award is requested to enable the PI to continue with a successful program of research, begun with a Scientist Development Award, on the role of women's alcohol consumption in victimization and HIV-risk behaviors.
The specific aims of the proposed program of research are: 1) to examine the naturally occurring relationships, over time, among risky behaviors (alcohol use, HIV-risk behaviors, frequenting risky settings) and victimization, 2) to examine the direct effects of alcohol on women's risk perceptions, risky behavior, and experiences of aggression, 3) to consider the implications of this program of basic research for prevention of victimization and HIV infection. The goal of this Award is the development of a prevention program that will reduce young women's vulnerability to victimization and HIV infection. The program of research will involve: 1) testing of a model, using a three-wave panel study, that proposes reciprocal effects between risky behaviors and victimization, 2) an event-based study that will permit examination of the associations of alcohol consumption with characteristics of aggressive incidents, and 3) a series of experimental studies of the direct effects of alcohol on perceptions and behaviors associated with victimization. Results of these studies, in combination with pilot data, will be used to develop an effective prevention program for women. The Independent Scientist Award will permit the PI to engage in training activities that will facilitate her development as a prevention researcher, a new direction for her. These activities will involve: courses and workshops in statistical methods relevant for longitudinal studies, attendance at prevention-focused conferences, establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with other scientists, establishing and maintaining contacts with local prevention providers, and consulting with several senior researchers: Drs. Dean Kilpatrick, Kim Fromme, Seth Kalichman, and Christine Gidycz. Training and research activities will be conducted at the Research Institute on Addictions, an ideal environment for the continued development of the PI as an independent alcohol researcher.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
Project #
5K02AA000284-06
Application #
6647206
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAA1-FF (01))
Program Officer
Freeman, Robert
Project Start
1999-09-01
Project End
2005-08-31
Budget Start
2003-09-01
Budget End
2005-08-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2003
Total Cost
$75,537
Indirect Cost
Name
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department
Type
Organized Research Units
DUNS #
038633251
City
Buffalo
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
14260
Testa, Maria; Livingston, Jennifer A; VanZile-Tamsen, Carol (2011) Advancing the study of violence against women using mixed methods: integrating qualitative methods into a quantitative research program. Violence Against Women 17:236-50
Testa, Maria; Livingston, Jennifer A (2009) Alcohol consumption and women's vulnerability to sexual victimization: can reducing women's drinking prevent rape? Subst Use Misuse 44:1349-76
Testa, Maria; VanZile-Tamsen, Carol; Livingston, Jennifer A (2007) Prospective prediction of women's sexual victimization by intimate and nonintimate male perpetrators. J Consult Clin Psychol 75:52-60
Testa, Maria; Livingston, Jennifer A; Hoffman, Joseph H (2007) Does sexual victimization predict subsequent alcohol consumption? A prospective study among a community sample of women. Addict Behav 32:2926-39
Testa, Maria; Vanzile-Tamsen, Carol; Livingston, Jennifer A et al. (2006) The role of women's alcohol consumption in managing sexual intimacy and sexual safety motives. J Stud Alcohol 67:665-74
Testa, Maria; Fillmore, Mark T; Norris, Jeanette et al. (2006) Understanding alcohol expectancy effects: revisiting the placebo condition. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:339-48
Testa, Maria; VanZile-Tamsen, Carol; Livingston, Jennifer A (2005) Childhood sexual abuse, relationship satisfaction, and sexual risk taking in a community sample of women. J Consult Clin Psychol 73:1116-24
Buddie, Amy M; Testa, Maria (2005) Rates and predictors of sexual aggression among students and non-students. J Interpers Violence 20:713-24
Testa, Maria (2004) The role of substance use in male-to-female physical and sexual violence: a brief review and recommendations for future research. J Interpers Violence 19:1494-505
Testa, Maria; Vanzile-Tamsen, Carol; Livingston, Jennifer A (2004) The role of victim and perpetrator intoxication on sexual assault outcomes. J Stud Alcohol 65:320-9

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