{"id":2,"date":"2018-11-13T18:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/odupresentationtemplate\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-10-27T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:11:05","slug":"researchprojects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/researchprojects\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Current research projects focus on enhancing the reach, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of existing alcohol interventions for young adult college students:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Refining Boosters to Strengthen Online College Student Drinking Interventions<\/strong><br>Principal Investigator: Abby Braitman, PhD<br>Funding Source: NIAAA (K01 AA023849)<br>The goal of this series of studies is to streamline and improve the efficacy of an innovative booster designed to strengthen and extend the effects of a computerized intervention targeting college drinking.   We focus on content, framing, and timing of the emailed booster, as well as social mechanisms of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>The Alcohol Etiology Treatment &amp; Other Health Behaviors lab is also involved in several collaborative projects, including examining risk factors and processes for excessive alcohol use in other high-risk populations:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examining binge eating in daily life: Working toward reducing obesity disparities in racially Diverse lesbian and heterosexual women<\/strong><br>Principal Investigator: Kristin Heron, PhD<br>Braitman Role: Co-Investigator <br>Funding Source: NIMHD (R01 MD012598)<br> This study uses ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine associations between affective, social, health behavior, and sexual minority-specific factors and binge eating in the daily lives of racially diverse young adult lesbian and heterosexual women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Completed Research Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alcohol Use, Relationship Factors, Minority Stress, and Psychological Well-Being: A Daily Process Examination among Young Adult Females<\/strong><br>Principal Investigator: Robin J. Lewis, PhD<br>Braitman Role: Co-Investigator<br>Funding Source: NIAAA (R15 AA020424)<br>This study examines how alcohol use is associated with relationship factors, sexual minority stress, and negative affect in young adult female same-sex couples.\u00a0 Using up to 14 days of online daily diary surveys, we are examining how person-level factors and daily interactions contribute to drinking among female same-sex couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Behavioral Mechanisms Mediating Enhanced Online Interventions for College Drinkers<\/strong> <br>Principal Investigator: Abby Braitman, PhD<br>Funding Source: NIAAA (F32 AA021310)<br>This study employed emailed boosters in a randomized, controlled trial in an effort to improve the efficacy of an existing, popular, free online intervention, Alcohol 101 Plus<code>\u2122<\/code>. These boosters provided succinct, personalized feedback, and provided reminders of protective behavioral strategies (PBS).  The project explored potential mediating mechanisms of change. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current research projects focus on enhancing the reach, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of existing alcohol interventions for young adult college students: Refining Boosters to Strengthen Online College Student Drinking InterventionsPrincipal Investigator: Abby Braitman, PhDFunding Source: NIAAA (K01 AA023849)The goal of this series of studies is to streamline and improve the efficacy of an innovative booster designed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/researchprojects\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Active Research Projects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3090,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alcohollab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}