Project DASH

DASH
DASH


Alcohol has been identified as a significant factor in sexual risk behavior, with a variety of theories demonstrating success in predicting the association between alcohol and sexual risk. As these theories have all proven useful, there is a need to integrate the theoretical factors known to be important in predicting and intervening upon this association. As such, the primary aim of Drinking and Sexual Health (DASH) is to test an integrated theoretical model of the association between alcohol consumption and sexual risk behavior among young adults. This model posits that one’s conflicting feelings about sexual behavior, coupled with sexual expectancies related to alcohol use, interact to influence sexual behavior that occurs under the influence of alcohol. This project will involve the recruitment of 400 young adults (aged 18 to 29) to participate in a computer assisted survey, a series of neurocognitive tasks, an in-person interview, and an in-depth interview about their sexuality, alcohol use, and their combination. These young adults will then complete similar follow-up surveys at 12-months and 24-months after the original assessment.

project details

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Funding Period: 2010-2015
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey T Parsons, Ph.D. & Sarit Golub, Ph.D.
Co-Investigators: Brooke E. Wells, Ph.D., Brian C Kelly, Ph.D. (Purdue University), Deborah Tolman, Ed.D. (Hunter College)
NIH Grant Number: 5R01HD061410
For more information contact:
Amy LeClair
Recruitment Coordinator
212-206-7919 ext. 242
aleclair@chestnyc.org
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