Mechanisms of Behavior Change in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders (R21)

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Mechanisms of Behavior Change in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders (R21): This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications from applicant organizations to investigate the underlying mechanisms that drive behavior change within the context of behavioral treatments for alcohol dependence. Mechanisms of behavior change refer to the underlying psychological, social, and neurophysiological processes through which therapeutic change occurs. These processes include, but are not limited to, factors such as client expectancies, therapeutic alliance, therapist empathy, therapeutic ritual, mastery and attributions of outcome, and social influences. Treatment is generally defined as behavioral interventions facilitated by trained professionals in face-to-face sessions, print media, or the Internet. How pharmacotherapy might change response to behavioral interventions may be included. Research proposals submitted under this FOA are encouraged to develop pilot projects that directly assess the causal relationship between mechanisms of behavior change and treatment outcome using the recommendations laid out by Kazdin and Nock (2003). Non-experimental exploratory studies of mechanisms of behavior change (e.g., secondary analyses of extant data sets, naturalistic studies of behavior change) are eligible. However, applicants must clearly demonstrate how these studies will lead to future experimental tests of the causal relationship between a potential mechanism of behavior change and treatment outcome. Projects focusing on statistical mediation alone are not considered responsive. A further aim of this FOA is development of methods to facilitate explicit study of mechanisms of behavior change.