Predictors of Adverse Alcohol Use Consequences Among Tertiary Students

A Poulton; A Mata; J Pan; LR Bruns; RO Sinnott; R Hester

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Predictors of Adverse Alcohol Use Consequences Among Tertiary Students

A Poulton, A Mata, J Pan, LR Bruns, RO Sinnott, R Hester

Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research | WILEY | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1111/acer.13988

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Abstract

Background: The alcohol consumption patterns of young adults are of concern. Critically, tertiary students consume greater quantities of alcohol, are at increased risk of injury/harm, and have higher rates of alcohol use disorders as compared to their nonuniversity enrolled peers. The Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (BYAACQ) is one of several tools utilized to explore adverse alcohol-related outcomes among tertiary students. Alcohol intake behavior, assessed via retrospective summary measures, has been linked to BYAACQ score. It is unclear, however, how drinking assessed in real time, in conjunction with variables such as age of drinking onset, might predict severity of ..

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This research was supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council grant (1050766), and an Australian Research Council fellowship (FT110100088). The funding bodies had no role in designing the study; collecting, analyzing, or interpreting data; writing the report; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.