title: Development and validation of the Retrospective Alcohol Context Scale.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few validated measures exist to capture the context and consequences of specific drinking events among college students.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study sought to describe the development and validation of the Retrospective Alcohol Context Scale (RACS), a 30-day measure of drinking context among college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 169 college students completed daily alcohol assessments for 30 days and completed the RACS at follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The RACS captured fewer negative consequences than daily assessments; however, high agreement was observed on context variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results support the validity of the RACS as a measure of drinking context among college students. The RACS may be most useful when information about drinking needs to be collected under limited time and resources.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research is needed to examine the RACS among more diverse, probability samples and over longer time periods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. dmmays@sph.emory.edu
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mays
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Usdan
authors.forename: Kimberly Jacob
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Arriola
authors.forename: Jessica Aungst
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weitzel
authors.forename: Jay M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bernhardt