Although the heavy episodic drinking (HED) measure of 5+ drinks (sometimes 4+ for
women) is used extensively, there is no empirical basis for the designation of 5 drinks as the�…

Abstract Background and Aims The threshold of 4+/5+ drinks per occasion has been used
for decades in alcohol research to distinguish between non‐risky versus risky episodic�…

Longitudinal data from 81 undergraduates (47 women and 34 men) were used for
concurrent and predictive validation of binge drinking measures. Results suggest relative�…

Purposes: The maximum amount of alcohol consumed on any day is an important indicator
of problem drinking. This study examined the ability of 2 maximum measures, taken�…

This study provided a simultaneous confirmatory test of the theory of planned behavior (TPB)
in predicting heavy episodic drinking (HED) among college students. It was hypothesized�…

Background: The Hangover Symptoms Scale (HSS) assesses the frequency of 13 symptoms
experienced after drinking in the past year. Cross‐sectional analyses in college drinkers�…

Situations associated with heavy alcohol consumption were compared across respondents
with different levels of alcohol dependence within a general population sample and within a�…

Background: Data on risks and benefits associated with drinking patterns provide the
scientific basis for moderate, low‐risk drinking guidelines. Illustrated are methods to�…

Improving the measurement of consumption has remained one of the most elusive goals of
alcohol research. Despite decades of methodological re-search (as summarized in Alanko�…

Steady (daily, continuous) versus nonsteady (binge, episodic, bout, intermittent) drinking
pattern have been influential Jellinek's (1960) formulation of delta and gamma drinkers, and�…