Drinking-related assessment instruments: cross-cultural studies.
In recent years a number of drinking-related assessment instruments have undergone extensive developmental work and are in widespread use. These include measures that are designed to assess: 1) patterns of alcohol consumption. Timeline Followback Method (TLFB); and 2) antecedents to alcohol use, Inventory of Drinking Situations (IDS)-two constructs that would be expected to be sensitive to cross-cultural variability in drinking practices. These assessment tools present opportunities for the study of cross-cultural differences in drinking patterns and the circumstances under which drinking occurs. A World Health Organization project utilizing these assessment tools is currently underway in five countries (Australia, Canada, Mexico, Poland, and Sweden). This project focuses on the identification of profile differ.
Annis
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Behaviour Change Unit, Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sobell
L C
LC
Ayala-Velazquez
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Rybakowski
J K
JK
Sandahl
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Saunders
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B
Thomas
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Ziołkowski
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000592:standards*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012945:Social Values; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization