Principal Investigator: J. Scott Tonigan, Ph.D.
K02-AA00326-01
This K02 award consists of a 5-year career development plan to enlarge Dr. Tonigan's knowledge in psychopathology, psychopharmacology, and statistics for the purposes of expanding on his programmatic research on Alcoholics Anonymous. Four career objectives were specified, and five mechanisms were outlined to achieve these goals. One mechanism, an AA-focused conference (R13) for senior scientists, bridges career and research objectives and offers a platform to set priorities in AA research for the next decade. Candidate knowledge gains are instrumental to understanding AA-related change mechanisms, and for transitioning from a senior methodologist to an independent scientist. A cohort longitudinal study (N = 300) was recently awarded to Dr. Tonigan, PI, R01-AA014197-01, with participants recruited from community-based AA, outpatient, and inpatient settings. The study has five aims including, assessing the moderator effects of psychopathology and illicit drug use on alcohol severity and AA affiliation, prospective tests of whether AA disaffiliates continue prescribed AA-related practices, and to discern whether AA distinctions between abstinence and sobriety are singly or jointly manifest in well-being, spirituality, and altered values. The career plan strives to provide knowledge gains to facilitate more ecological study of AA, while maintaining rigorous quantitative scientific methods.
Invited PresentationsTonigan, J.S., (June, 2005). Chair, Pre conference satellite session, Second Annual State of the Art Mutual-help Research Conference, Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
Tonigan, J. S. (June, 2005). Long-term patterns and benefits of self-help: 10-year follow-up of the Project MATCH Albuquerque sample, Accepted symposia to CPDD, Orlando FL.
Tonigan, J. S. (April, 2005). Examination of the active ingredients of Twelve-step Facilitation (TSF) and Alcoholics Anonymous, Workshop presentation at the Annual ASAM conference, Dallas, TX.
Tonigan, J. S. (April, 2005). From Spirits to Spirituality. Symposium presentation at the Annual ASAM conference, Dallas, TX.
Tonigan, J. S. (2004, November). The Nature and Role of Spirituality in Recovery From Addiction: Investigation of Unquestioned Answers. Association for Medical Education and Research on Substance Abuse, Washington, D.C.
Tonigan, J.S. (2004, September). Amazing Grace? Religion, Spirituality, and Substance Abuse Treatment. National Center on Addictions and Substance Abuse (CASA), NYC, NY.
Tonigan, J.S. (2004, June). Examination of the Active Ingredients of Twelve Step Facilitation &Alcoholics Anonymous, 26th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, BC.
Tonigan, J. S. (2004, June) Seeking Funding for Mutual-Help Research, State-of-the-art Mutual Help Research Satellite Session, 26th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, BC.
Tonigan, J. S. (2004, May). Spiritual practices and altruistic love: Two studies of Alcoholics Anonymous members, Fetzer Institute, Washington, DC.
Tonigan, J. S. (2004, April). Spirituality and Addictions. Texas Research Society on Alcoholism, Lubbock, TX.
Tonigan, J.S. (2003, November). Alcoholics Anonymous: Involvement and Disaffiliation. 131st Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.
Tonigan, J. S., (2003, October). Behavioral changes among substance abusers: Investigations of unquestioned answers. Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kn.
Tonigan, J.S., (2003, June). Spiritual change as mediator of outcome in MATCH sample, Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
Tonigan, J.S. (2003, April). Alcohol Abuse, Dependence, and Spirituality. International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality (ICIHS). National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Tonigan, J.S. (2003, March). Spirituality and AA practices: 10-Year Project MATCH follow-up. Society for Behavioral Medicine, Salt Lake, UT.
Tonigan, J. S, (2002, October). Project MATCH: Main and Interaction Effects. California Society of Addiction Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Tonigan, J. S. (2002, September). Project MATCH: Ethnic Treatment Participation and Outcome. Health Disparity Workshop, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD.
Tonigan, J. S. (2001, October). Project MATCH: Twelve-step facilitation and AA participation, California Society of Addiction Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Tonigan, J. S. (2001, September). Mythology and Evidenced-based Knowledge about AA, Annual conference, Behavior Change in Addictions, Glasgow, Scotland.
For more information, call (505) 925-2384, or email jtonigan@unm.edu
K02-AA00326-01
This K02 award consists of a 5-year career development plan to enlarge Dr. Tonigan's knowledge in psychopathology, psychopharmacology, and statistics for the purposes of expanding on his programmatic research on Alcoholics Anonymous. Four career objectives were specified, and five mechanisms were outlined to achieve these goals. One mechanism, an AA-focused conference (R13) for senior scientists, bridges career and research objectives and offers a platform to set priorities in AA research for the next decade. Candidate knowledge gains are instrumental to understanding AA-related change mechanisms, and for transitioning from a senior methodologist to an independent scientist. A cohort longitudinal study (N = 300) was recently awarded to Dr. Tonigan, PI, R01-AA014197-01, with participants recruited from community-based AA, outpatient, and inpatient settings. The study has five aims including, assessing the moderator effects of psychopathology and illicit drug use on alcohol severity and AA affiliation, prospective tests of whether AA disaffiliates continue prescribed AA-related practices, and to discern whether AA distinctions between abstinence and sobriety are singly or jointly manifest in well-being, spirituality, and altered values. The career plan strives to provide knowledge gains to facilitate more ecological study of AA, while maintaining rigorous quantitative scientific methods.
Invited Presentations
For more information, call (505) 925-2384, or email jtonigan@unm.edu
