Completed Projects
This page showcases REACH Lab’s completed projects, highlighting the research, collaborations, and initiatives our team has successfully carried out. Each project reflects our commitment to advancing knowledge and making a meaningful impact.
Integrating Remote Breath Alcohol Monitoring into Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence among Young Adult Drinkers
This study was funded by the NIH (AA030858, PI: Brem). This study had two aims: The first aim was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of using portable breathalyzers paired with EMA to investigate the association between BrAC and IPV among heavy drinking, previously-aggressive college students. The second aim was to determine if breathalyzer-derived BrAC is a stronger predictor of different forms of IPV perpetration than is self-reported alcohol use, and whether there are gender differences in these associations. Our exploratory aim was to examine contexts (e.g., where, when, and with whom one drinks) in which alcohol-related IPV events occur, which will help optimize EMA delivery in future alcohol-related IPV studies. Across 30 consecutive days, 100 heavy drinking college students with an IPV perpetration history used smartphones to complete 4 daily (1 morning, 3 evening) self-reports of IPV and drinking context; smartphones prompted 3 evening BrAC submissions to a smartphone-linked portable breathalyzer (plus event-triggered reports) to provide the most rigorous, accurate, and ecologically-valid assessment of alcohol-related IPV to date. Primary study results have been submitted for publication.
Extending a Conceptual Model of Alcohol-Related Violence to Cyber Dating Violence using a Daily Diary Design with College Students
This study was funded by the NIH (AA026489, PI: Brem). This study investigated the proximal associations between alcohol use and both face-to-face and cyber IPV in 236 college students. Using a daily diary design, this study examined trait jealousy, state negative affect, and state emotion regulation as moderators of the proximal associations between alcohol use and both face-to-face and cyber IPV. Participants completed brief, daily surveys for 60 consecutive days. Primary study outcomes have been published in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, the Journal of Family Violence, and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Secondary analyses remain ongoing but have included findings published in The American Journal on Addictions, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Violence and Victims.
