Survey Questions on Quantity and Frequency Are Differentially Effective by Age in Predicting Future Alcohol Consumption
Some commonly used screening items, such as drinking quantity and frequency, are differentially effective at identifying future heavy drinkers between age groups. Development of age-specific screening tools could potentially lead to more accurate identification of people who could benefit from intervention to reduce their alcohol consumption.
Authors
- Gerhard Gmel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9403-9405)
- Paul Dietze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7871-6234)
- Benjamin C. Riordan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7805-0652)
- Jonas Raninen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6938-0246)
- Sarah Callinan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4146-1244)
- Michael Livingston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8995-9386)
- Simon D'Aquino
- Robin Room (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5618-385X)
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Addiction Switzerland (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.70019
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Australian Government
- Department of Social Services, Australian Government
- La Trobe University
- Medical Research Council
- Australian Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council