This application requests support for an Independent Scientist Award (K02) for Kate Carey, PhD, and describes the applicant's research and career development plans. Dr. Carey's career goals are: (a) to develop, implement, and evaluate motivational interventions for risky drinking college students that are sensitive to the developmental context of college drinking; (b) to refine data analytic skills necessary to conduct state-of-the science longitudinal studies and to evaluate mechanisms and correlates of intervention related change; and (c) to mentor junior colleagues in the development and evaluation of alcohol abuse based prevention interventions. The research plan includes two currently funded and one planned study that evaluate the efficacy of brief motivational interventions (BMIs) in college drinkers. Study 1 recruits at-risk drinkers and compares a basic BMI to a BMI enhanced with a decisional balance exercise to an assessment-only control; participants provide assessment data at baseline, post-intervention, 1-, 6-, and 12- month follow-ups. Study 2 recruits students who are mandated to an intervention because of alcohol violations of school policy; in this study, the basic BMI is compared to a CD-ROM alcohol education program, with the same assessment schedule being used in Study 1. Study 3 will recruit students who have violated residence hall alcohol policies, and will compare the basic BMI with the CD-ROM educational tool. For all three studies, hypotheses regarding mediators and moderators of intervention effects will be evaluated. These and future research projects form a program of research that will test the efficacy of BMIs for selective and indicated prevention, and clarify the mechanisms through which they work. The proposed award would allow the applicant protected time to expand her alcohol interventions research, to acquire new and strengthen existing scientific skills, to collaborate with other senior scientists, and to provide research training to junior scientists.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
Project #
5K02AA015574-02
Application #
7055364
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAA1-HH (02))
Program Officer
Scott, Marcia S
Project Start
2005-04-20
Project End
2010-03-31
Budget Start
2006-04-01
Budget End
2007-03-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$181,293
Indirect Cost
Name
Syracuse University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
002257350
City
Syracuse
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
13244
Terry, Danielle L; Garey, Lorra; Carey, Kate B (2014) Where do College Drinkers Draw the Line? A Qualitative Study. J Coll Stud Dev 55:63-74
Carey, Kate B; DeMartini, Kelly S; Prince, Mark A et al. (2013) Effects of choice on intervention outcomes for college students sanctioned for campus alcohol policy violations. Psychol Addict Behav 27:596-603
Carey, Kate B; Scott-Sheldon, Lori A J; Carey, Michael P et al. (2011) Community norms for HIV risk behaviors among men in a South African township. J Behav Med 34:32-40
Carey, Kate B; Carey, Michael P; Henson, James M et al. (2011) Brief alcohol interventions for mandated college students: comparison of face-to-face counseling and computer-delivered interventions. Addiction 106:528-37
Elliott, Jennifer C; Carey, Kate B; Scott-Sheldon, Lori A J (2011) Development of a decisional balance scale for young adult marijuana use. Psychol Addict Behav 25:90-100
Demartini, Kelly S; Carey, Kate B; Lao, Kristyn et al. (2011) Injunctive norms for alcohol-related consequences and protective behavioral strategies: effects of gender and year in school. Addict Behav 36:347-53
Prince, Mark A; Carey, Kate B (2010) The malleability of injunctive norms among college students. Addict Behav 35:940-7
Carey, Kate B; DeMartini, Kelly S (2010) The motivational context for mandated alcohol interventions for college students by gender and family history. Addict Behav 35:218-23
Carey, Kate B; Henson, James M; Carey, Michael P et al. (2009) Computer versus in-person intervention for students violating campus alcohol policy. J Consult Clin Psychol 77:74-87
Simons, Jeffrey S; Carey, Kate B; Wills, Thomas A (2009) Alcohol abuse and dependence symptoms: a multidimensional model of common and specific etiology. Psychol Addict Behav 23:415-27

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