Abstract
Objective: This study examined the associations between college students' self-reported alcohol use and corresponding collateral reports and identified factors that influence agreement between both sets of reports. Participants/Methods: Subject-collateral pairs (N = 300) were recruited from undergraduate psychology courses. Results: Data yielded moderate correlations between subject-collateral pairs for all alcohol use measures, whereas discrepancy analyses revealed a tendency for subjects to report greater alcohol use relative to collateral reports. Greater subject-collateral agreement regarding frequency of subject alcohol use was predicted by a greater frequency of shared drinking occasions between the dyads, lower subject self-reported drug use, and lower levels of collateral guessing, whereas greater correspondence for quantity of alcohol consumed was predicted by fewer subject self-reported alcohol-related negative consequences, lower levels of subject self-reported drug use, and lower levels of alcohol ingestion among collaterals. Conclusions: College students appear to provide reasonably accurate self-reports of their alcohol use.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 82-90 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of American College Health |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Keywords
- alcohol use
- collateral
- college students
- correspondence
- self-report