Ongoing Studies
“The Impact of Minority Stress on Alcohol-Related Sexual Assault among Sexual Minority College Students: An Intersectional, Mixed-Methodological Study“
This multisite, mixed methods research is examining the temporal relationship between alcohol use, moderating variables, and sexual assault in LGBQ+ young adults who may not be in an exclusive relationship, using a 60-day, daily diary design. Qualitative interviews are conducted with participants to better understand the context of the sexual assault.
- Principal Investigator: Ryan Shorey, Ph.D.
- Co-Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: R01 (R01AA031000)
- Period: 08/17/23 – 05/31/28
- Grant amount = $2,768,429
“Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults“
This multisite prospective study is examining whether alcohol use and minority stress interact to predict risk for intimate partner violence in transgender and gender non-conforming adults using a 60-day, daily diary design.
- Principal Investigator: Ryan Shorey, Ph.D.
- Co-Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: R21 (R21AA028553)
- Period: 09/30/23 – 08/31/24
- Grant amount = $233,037
“Alcohol, Minority Stress, and Intimate Partner Violence: Temporal and Prospective Associations in Sexual Minority Young Adults“
This multisite prospective study aims to examine the temporal and longitudinal relations between alcohol and intimate partner violence among sexual minority young adults using a 60-day, daily diary design and follow up surveys over three years. Moreover, this is the first study to examine whether minority stress interacts with alcohol use to predict intimate partner violence.
- Principal Investigator: Ryan Shorey, Ph.D.
- Co-Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: R01 (R01AA027248)
- Period: 06/01/19 – 05/31/24.
- Grant amount = $2,717,142 (approximate)
F31 National Research Service Awards
These highly competitive NIH fellowships are designed to support promising predoctoral students develop into productive, independent research scientists and to obtain mentored research training while conducting their dissertation research. Historically, graduate students in the RAAD lab have had tremendous success obtaining these competitive fellowships.
“Examining Proximal Associations between Minority Stress, PTSD Symptoms, and Alcohol Use among Bi+ College Students with Trauma Histories”
- Principal Investigator: Evan Basting
- Sponsor: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: F31 National Research Service Award (F31AA031420)
- Period: 08/01/24-07/31/26
- Grant amount = $98,512
“Extending a Risk-taking Model of Alcohol-Facilitated Consensual and Sexually Coercive Hook-up Behaviors using a Daily Diary Design among College Men“
- Principal Investigator: Alisa Garner
- Sponsor: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: F31 National Research Service Award (F31AA028150)
- Period: 09/01/20-08/31/23
- Grant amount = $146,660
“Extending a Conceptual Model of Alcohol-Related Violence to Cyber Dating Violence using a Daily Diary Design with College Students“
- Principal Investigator: Meagan Brem
- Sponsor: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: F31 National Research Service Award (F31AA026489)
- Period: 08/29/18-07/31/21
- Grant amount = $133,572
“Proximal Associations of Alcohol Use with Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors“
- Principal Investigator: Caitlin Wolford-Clevenger
- Sponsor: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: F31 National Research Service Award (F31AA024685)
- Period: 09/28/2016-09/27/2017
- Grant amount = $43,576
“The Temporal Association between Alcohol, Negative Affect, Dating Violence“
- Principal Investigator: Ryan Shorey
- Sponsor: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: F31 National Research Service Award (F31AA020131)
- Period: 08/01/2012-07/31/2013
- Grant amount = $33,205
Completed Studies
“Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence among Young Adult Drinkers“
This multisite study aimed to assess the feasibility of using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to examine the temporal association between alcohol and intimate partner violence perpetration, as well as proximal moderators of this association.
- Principal Investigator: Ryan Shorey, Ph.D.
- Co-Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- Type: R21 (R21AA026630)
- Period: 2/10/19 – 1/31/21
- Grant amount = $414,247.00
“Examining the Efficacy of Three Interventions for Sexual Assault: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial”
The goal of this project was to test the efficacy of three interventions for sexual assault in comparison to a waitlist control group.
- Principal Investigator: Ryan Shorey, Ph.D.
- Co-Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: American Psychological Foundation
- Type: Visionary Fund Grant
- Period: 8/24/15-8/23/16
- Total Cost: $20,000.00
“A Program of Research and Mentorship on Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence”
This project involved genotyping empirically-supported candidate genes to examine the relationship between genes and alcohol use and partner violence treatment outcome during the course of randomized clinical trials of men and women in batterer intervention programs.
- Principal Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: K24 (K24AA019707)
- Period: April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2018.
- Total Costs = $1,037,423 (Total Direct Costs = $965,662)
“Longitudinal Investigation of the Risk and Protective Factors of Dating Violence”
This two-year longitudinal study assessed modifiable risk and protective factors for the onset and development of dating violence among high school students with diverse racial/ethnic identities and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Principal Investigator: Jeff Temple, Ph.D.
- Primary Mentor/Co-Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Type: K23 (K23HD059916)
- Period: August 20, 2009 – July 31, 2014
- Total Costs = $600,000 (approximate)
“Brief Intervention to Reduce Drinking and Intimate Partner Violence in Women”
The goal of this randomized clinical trial was to examine whether, relative to standard care, violence perpetration, violence victimization, and alcohol use outcomes can be improved in a sample of arrested women receiving a brief alcohol treatment.
- Principal Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: R01 (R01AA016315)
- Period: May 1, 2007 – April 30, 2015
- Total Costs = $2,285,696 (Total Direct Costs = $1,712,695)
“Brief Intervention to Reduce Drinking among Batterers”
The goal of this project was to examine whether, relative to standard care, violence and alcohol use outcomes can be improved by a brief, motivationally based adjunct alcohol treatment for men enrolled in batterer intervention programs.
- Principal Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: R01 (R01AA014193)
- Period: July 1, 2003 – December 31, 2010.
- Total Costs = $1,737,311 (Total Direct Costs = $1,250,000)
“Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment on Marital Violence”
This project assessed the impact of substance use disorder treatment for alcohol dependent patients on intimate partner violence, psychological abuse, relationship discord, and other domains of relationship functioning.
- Principal Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
- Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Type: K23 (K23AA13231)
- Period: September 30, 2000 – August 31, 2006.
- Total Costs = $608,455 (Total Direct Costs = $563,384)
“Identifying Subtypes of Maritally Violent Men”
This project validated a typology of maritally violent men and examined whether these subtypes of violent men were stable longitudinally.
- Principal Investigator: Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, Ph.D.
- Co-Investigator: Gregory L. Stuart
- Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
- Type: R01 (R01MH5935)
- Period: May 31, 1996 – April 30, 2000.
- Total costs = $616,000 (approximate); Total Direct Costs = $400,000 (approximate)