0:00:06what we're working on
0:00:07is a study about i don't children of alcoholics
0:00:11and
0:00:12commonly referred to as easier ways a lot and it'll in the literature
0:00:16and were looking at
0:00:18protective factors that prevent them
0:00:21or you know just factors the interaction prevent them from having these negative outcomes are
0:00:25typically associated with having
0:00:28a parent household so it's substance using a row all using a couple years ago
0:00:34i work with a graduate students and we were in the literature that there is
0:00:38a lot of attention being paid to
0:00:41then negative outcome of having up here and two headed dysfunction of one paper not
0:00:46and despite the fact there were actually significant number of individuals in each study who
0:00:53had posited i'll coffins that was somehow distance
0:00:57for really not p attention to
0:01:01and when christine schema word she decided to do an interesting twist on this whole
0:01:07notion of dysfunction in childhood and long-term part
0:01:12i have noticed in the literature they started focusing on the gender component
0:01:16with these adult children of alcoholics and looking at
0:01:19how you know either the gender of that e c o a
0:01:22or the gender of the alcohol abusing parent affected those outcomes
0:01:27and the literature as a little inconsistent on
0:01:30but the outcomes are showing some interesting studies are showing
0:01:35that's the opposite gender parent is interacting with
0:01:39you know so
0:01:40but turn only cr paternal alcohol of using karen is interacting with
0:01:44the female ec away and producing different outcomes when a maternal a whole using parent
0:01:49where i mean only see away so
0:01:52the results are pretty interesting right now the literature is a little scarce but it's
0:01:56an area to be explored because
0:01:58a lot of the research is looking at that heterogeneity with and
0:02:02the easy way population and so that gender is just another component to explore so
0:02:08we found that unfortunately disproportionately their females a to participate in these studies which is
0:02:14created an additional challenge for christine i am reviews the method no you got the
0:02:18variables with your university to try to get at was male participants so we've been
0:02:24working with the stillness the star
0:02:27the university improvements for undergraduate students to participate research
0:02:31and it gives me an opportunity to see which males are signed up for research
0:02:36this patient where i can target that population so the system that we have here
0:02:40is definitely needed me and
0:02:42just the use of recruiting those
0:02:44referring most participants so
0:02:47we are still at a limited
0:02:49limited number of male so we're actively working to increase those numbers
0:02:53because maybe every we it's a very just it's a stable relationship in the fact
0:02:58that not all these new findings the time you know coming up with during the
0:03:01week i can come in present with her and we have a very open discussion
0:03:05about in the mentor model that
0:03:07you know we structure meetings with then i mean she's been with me through every
0:03:11stage of the project through literature collection for through the data and things like that
0:03:17very open communication very willing to have a discussion
0:03:22about what we need to do and how to progress study i think with the
0:03:25small faculty here gave me and opportunities work with numerous faculty members on different studies
0:03:30and so i was able i mean not only expand the research skills that i
0:03:33have but also just a complex understanding a variety of different topics and psychology