Name: J. Scott Tonigan, Ph.D.

Primary Discipline: Measurement and statistics

Title, Department:
Associate Research Professor
Department of Psychology
University of New Mexico,

Telephone: (505) 925-2384

FAX: (505) 925-2301

E-mail: jtonigan@unm.edu

Snailmail:
UNM CASAA
2650 Yale SE. Suite 243
Albuquerque, NM 87106

Degree, department, university, year:
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of New Mexico, 1988

Primary Research Interests:
I am especially interested in behavior change in mutual-help programs. Current research activities include study of the: (1) longitudinal relationships between AA attendance, commitment to AA-related practices, and outcome, (2) role of AA-specific and non-specific behavior change mechanisms in explaining outcome, (3) distinctions between abstinence and sobriety in AA, and (4) the role of psychopathology in mediating AA-related practices and outcome. I am also interested in the measurement of treatment outcome, readiness for change, and the application of advanced statistical techniques to model behavior changes over time.

Current projects and collaborations:

• Principal investigator, AA Social Dynamics The context for mobilizing behavior change, (NIAAA:K02AA000326-07).
  
  
• Principal investigator, Therapeutic Mechanisms in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), (NIAAA:R21 AA 017131-01).
  
  
• Principal investigator, A Transtheoretical Model of AA-Related Behavior Change, (NIAAA:R01-AA014197-01).
  
  
• Principal investigator, Spirituality and AA practices: 10-year Project MATCH Follow-up (NIAAA: R21AA13073-01).
  
  
• Principal investigator, Longitudinal Study of AA, (NIAAA:K02-AA00326-01).
  
  
• Principal investigator, Ancillary Cost-effectiveness Study (NIAAA).
  
  
• Principal investigator, Spiritual Practices and Altruistic Love: Two Studies of Alcoholics Anonymous Members, (Fetzer Institute).
  
  
• Co-investigator, Project COMBINE (NIAAA), Relapse Prevention Project (NIAAA),
  
  
• Member, NIAAA Assessment panel and University of New Mexico Institutional Review Board

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