GRANT TITLE:  GROUP DEVIANCE, GROUP LEADERSHIP, AND TEEN AOD OUTCOMES

PROJECT TITLE: GROUP ENHANCEMENT FOR TEENS IN TREATMENT (GET-IT)

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:                 MARK J. MACGOWAN, PH.D., L.C.S.W.

CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:         ERIC F. WAGNER, PH.D.

                                                             FREDERICK NEWMAN, PH.D.

FUNDING AGENCY:  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM (NIAAA)

PROJECT PERIOD: 09/29/04-08/31/06

TOTAL BUDGET: $385,958

GET-IT is a NIAAA-funded two-year project to understand factors influencing group treatment effectiveness among adolescents with AOD problems. The project examines the influence of conduct disorder (CD) in group composition (i.e., proportion of CD among group members), disruptive behavior in group (i.e., antisocial behavior and deviancy training), and group leader behaviors (i.e., negative and positive) on changes in AOD use over time. The study tests whether the interactions of group leader behaviors with group disruptive behavior mediate changes in the trajectory of AOD behaviors over sessions and through follow-up. The ultimate aim of the project is to improve group approaches to adolescents with AOD problems.