title: Heavy drinking contexts and indices of problem drinking among college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Heavy drinking among college students carries with it the risk of adverse consequences. This study explored the relationship between alcohol-related problems and the social-emotional contexts of drinking in college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Undergraduate volunteers (N = 139; 61% female; 27% minority) completed an assessment of drinking patterns, the short form of the Inventory of Drinking Situations (IDS-42) and an alcohol problems index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Heavy drinkers drank more, relative to light/moderate drinkers, in five of the eight situations assessed by the IDS-42. Several IDS-42 subscales correlated highly with the number of alcohol-related problems. Subjects identified by their extreme scores on the IDS-42 reported more alcohol problems, greater maximum quantities consumed and more frequent intoxication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IDS-42 can identify the contexts in which heavy drinking occurs and individuals who are likely to experience alcohol problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, New York 13244-2340, USA.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*