This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.As evidenced by a number of current initiatives such as National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDAs) initiative on stress and drug abuse, Healthy People 2010, and the National Institute of Health (NIH) Agenda for Research on Women's Health for the 21st Century, the relationship between substance abuse and violence has become a national priority. Moreover, although research demonstrates associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and the development of substance use disorders among women, this phenomenon has not been adequately examined (NIDA, 2003b; Wekerle & Wall, 2002). This is of particular concern because women, by virtue of substantially higher risks of victimization (Dansky, Byrne, & Brady, 1999), may be at increased risk to use substances to cope with their tension and stress. A gap exists in the literature in its ability to explain this complex temporal relationship within a single episode and, across multiple episodes over time. This gap was the catalyst for the current study which will gather information regarding the temporal relationships of IPV events to substance use among a community sample of 180 abused women.
Specific aims are; a) to gather pilot data on the temporal relationship of substance use and IPV events, and b) to examine the effectiveness of three methods of data collection 1) paper diaries; 2) monthly, retrospective, semi-structured interviews; and 3) telephone data collection methods. For each data collection condition, feasibility will be assessed by a) compliance with the instructions, b) perceived safety in completing assessments, c) reported honesty, d) reported ease, e) preference for methodology assigned, or alternate methodology, f) percent attrition by methodology, and g) degree and pattern of missing data. *** The only participants to have contact with the GCRC would be those participating in the telephone data collection condition (i.e., approximately 60 participants).
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