Longitudinal data were obtained from a nonclinical sample of 1,308 male and female
adolescents covering the age range from 12 to 21. Factor analyses of 52 symptoms and/or�…

Issues involved in defining and measuring adolescent problem drinking have occupied the
attention of alcohol researchers since the mid-1970s. However, appropriate definitions and�…

Men and women classified as problem drinkers while adolescents or college students (1972-
1973) tended to be nonproblem drinkers as young adults (1979), although young men tend�…

Adolescent problem drinking. Psychosocial correlates in a national sample study. Page 1
Journal o! Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 39, No. 9, 1978 Adolescent Problem Drinking Psychosocial�…

A modified version of the Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale (AAIS) was administered in
a telephone survey and in a longitudinal study. Results indicated acceptable reliability and�…

The Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI), a popular measure of alcohol-related problems
in adolescents, varies with many theoretically-relevant measures of individual differences�…

A multivariate analysis of dimensions of problem drinking and their stability across time is
conducted through a series of confirmatory factor analyses (as opposed to exploratory factor�…

Objective: Research conducted in the 1970s demonstrated that Problem Behavior Theory
could account for approximately 40% of the variance in problem drinking in both local and�…

The reliability of the scale was measured by the test-retest scores of adolescent alcoholics
and adolescents who drink infrequently; its validity was assessed by psychiatrists' and�…

Relationships between specific drinking problems in early adulthood and middle age. An
exploratory 20-year follow-up study. Page 1 Journal o! Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 36, No. 7, 1975�…