Toward efficient and comprehensive measurement of the alcohol problems continuum in college students: The brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1180-1189

  Kahler, Christopher W ^a   Strong, David R ^b   Read, Jennifer P ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Problems; College Students; Item Response Theory; Measurement; Rasch Model

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT ALCOHOL CONSEQUENCES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 23044512529     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000171940.95813.A5     Document Type: Article

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