The long term objective of this proposal is to explore the interactions of self-esteem, socially threatening situations, and the effects of alcohol on self-evaluations. Specifically it seeks to explore alcohol s reinforcing effects in protecting individuals low in self-esteem from experiencing esteem threatening emotions, a process which might explain some pathological alcohol use pathways. Furthermore, this proposal seeks to more fully explore attention allocation, appraisal disruption, and stress response dampening as mediating processes of the obtained effects. The three proposed experiments utilize three alcohol dosing conditions (expect alcohol/get alcohol (.05 g/dl target BAL)), (expect placebo/get placebo), and (expect alcohol/get placebo), in order to tease apart the pharmacological effects of alcohol versus expectancies about alcohol s effects. Subjects in all experiments will be exposed to either an intellectual or socially threatening situation and asked to evaluate themselves in comparison to others.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
5F31AA005537-02
Application #
6136968
Study Section
Health Services Research Review Subcommittee (AA)
Program Officer
Hunt, Walter
Project Start
2000-01-01
Project End
Budget Start
2000-01-01
Budget End
2000-12-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$20,603
Indirect Cost
Name
Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
188435911
City
Tempe
State
AZ
Country
United States
Zip Code
85287