The Alcohol Sensitivity Questionnaire: Evidence for Construct Validity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Variability in sensitivity to the acute effects of alcohol is an important risk factor for the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD). The most commonly used retrospective self-report measure of sensitivity, the Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol (SRE) form, queries a limited number of alcohol effects and relies on respondents' ability to recall experiences that might have occurred in the distant past. Here, we investigated the construct validity of an alternative measure that queries a larger number of alcohol effects, the Alcohol Sensitivity Questionnaire (ASQ), and compared it to the SRE in predicting momentary subjective responses to an acute dose of alcohol.

Methods

Healthy young adults (N = 423) completed the SRE and the ASQ and then were randomly assi

SUBMITTER: Fleming KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4820365 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature