Prediction of alcohol-related harm from controlled drinking strategies and alcohol consumption trajectories

Abstract

Aims: To establish predictors of age 21 alcohol-related harm from prior drinking patterns, current levels of alcohol consumption and use of controlled drinking strategies. Participants: One thousand, five hundred and ninety-six students recruited from an initial sample of 3300 during their final year of high school in 1993. Design: Longitudinal follow-up across five waves of data collection. Setting: Post high school in Victoria, Australia. Measurements: Self-administered surveys examining a range of health behaviours, including alcohol consumption patterns and related behaviour. Findings: Drinking behaviours at age 21 were found to be strongly predicted by drinking trajectories established ..