Fillmore K M, Hartka E, Johnstone B M, Leino E V, Motoyoshi M, Temple M T
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94133-3203.
Br J Addict. 1991 Oct;86(10):1203-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01700.x.
This paper introduces the scope and rationale of The Collaborative Alcohol-Related Longitudinal Project and describes the individual longitudinal studies which contribute to this large collaborative project, representing studies from 15 countries. It also serves as an introduction to four reports of the preliminary findings from the project. The project is distinguished by (1) its interdisciplinary research approach which has assembled a multidisciplinary group of scholars to direct and interpret analyses, (2) its use of primary data from multiple longitudinal studies, (3) the parallel analyses of primary data from multiple studies, using comparable measures across studies recorded to a standard format and common analytic model, and (4) its use of meta-analysis to combine results across studies. Its research objectives include determining the cross-study consistency of findings of (1) the incidence and chronicity of drinking patterns and problems, (2) exogeneous factors which initiate and alter drinking careers, (3) socio-behavioral factors measured in childhood and adolescence which predict adult drinking problems, (4) inter-generational biological and social factors which predict adult drinking problems, and (5) aggregate-level factors which account for study differences. The method of sampling of studies from the world's alcohol-related general population longitudinal research is described.
本文介绍了“酒精相关纵向合作项目”的范围和基本原理，并描述了构成这个大型合作项目的各项个体纵向研究，这些研究来自15个国家。它还作为该项目初步研究结果的四份报告的引言。该项目的特点在于：（1）其跨学科研究方法，召集了多学科的学者团队来指导和解读分析；（2）使用来自多个纵向研究的原始数据；（3）对多个研究的原始数据进行并行分析，采用跨研究可比的测量方法，并记录到标准格式和通用分析模型中；（4）使用元分析来整合各项研究的结果。其研究目标包括确定以下方面研究结果的跨研究一致性：（1）饮酒模式和问题的发生率及慢性情况；（2）引发和改变饮酒历程的外部因素；（3）在童年和青少年时期测量的预测成人饮酒问题的社会行为因素；（4）预测成人饮酒问题的代际生物和社会因素；（5）解释研究差异的总体层面因素。文中描述了从全球与酒精相关的普通人群纵向研究中抽样研究的方法。
