Standardized Measures of Alcohol-Related Problems: A Review of Their Use Among College Students

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-361

  Devos Comby, Loraine ^a,b   Lange, James E ^a,b  

^a AOD Initiatives Research

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol related problems; college students; measurement; risky drinking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CUT DOWN ANNOYED GUILTY AND EYE OPENER SCALE; DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST; RATING SCALE; RUTGERS ALCOHOL PROBLEM INDEX; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBTLE SCREENING INVENTORY; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT ALCOHOL CONSEQUENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT ALCOHOL PROBLEMS SCREENING TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FOLLOW UP; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 53249136461     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.3.349     Document Type: Article

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