Screening for adolescent problem drinking: Validation of a multidimensional instrument for case identification.
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This research tested the thesis that adolescent problem drinking may be manifest in any of four independent domains (measured by the 24-item screening instrument, the Adolescent Drinking Inventory: Drinking and You): drinking-related loss of control, social indicators, psychological indicators, and physical indicators.
Abstract
This research tested the thesis that adolescent problem drinking may be manifest in any of four independent domains (measured by the 24-item screening instrument, the Adolescent Drinking Inventory: Drinking and You): drinking-related loss of control, social indicators, psychological indicators, and physical indicators. Clinical assessments of 264 adolescents referred for screening revealed that more than half of the variation in clinical assessment of problem drinking severity was captured by these four domains and that two of the four domains (loss of control and psychological indicators) made an independent contribution to clinical assessment