The utility of the AUDIT in screening for drinking game involvement among female college students.
Drinking games (DG) facilitate heavy alcohol consumption in a short period and are associated with negative experiences. We examined the utility of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) cut-off scores to identify DG involvement. Findings indicated an AUDIT score of at least 5 is needed to identify gamers among students at a women's college. Prevention implications are discussed.
Zamboanga
Byron L
BL
Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063, USA. bzamboan@smith.edu
Horton
Nicholas J
NJ
Tyler
Kristin M B
KM
O'Riordan
Siobhan S
SS
Calvert
Barbara D
BD
McCollum
Elan C
EC
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D009511:New England; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities