Context‐related drinking assessment in a community sample

Author： Homish Gregory Leonard Kenneth Lorraine Collins R. Quigley Brian

ISSN： 1465-9891

Source： Journal of Substance Use, Vol.10, Iss.6, 2005-12, pp. : 355-361

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Abstract

Aims : The objective of this report was to determine if a context-related drinking assessment would aid in the prediction of alcohol problems and alcohol dependence beyond the information provided by more general quantity/frequency measures. Methods : Individuals were recruited from a study on bar violence ( n = 637). In addition to a general quantity/frequency assessment of alcohol consumption, participants were asked to report their usual quantity and frequency of consumption in the past year at eight different situations. The context-related measure was compared to the more general quantity/frequency assessment in terms of similarities between the assessments and their relation to measures of alcohol problems and dependence. Findings : Both assessment techniques were highly correlated to each other and to all measures of alcohol problems and dependence. Among men, the context-related assessment was significantly associated with alcohol problems and dependence, and it provided unique information beyond the general quantity/frequency measure. Among women, the context-related measures provided no additional information. Conclusions : For men, the addition of a context-related drinking assessment to a more general quantity/frequency measure of consumption provides additional information about the relation between alcohol consumption and certain alcohol-related problems.