@article{ref1,
title="How alike are young non-drinkers, former-drinkers, low-risk drinkers, and hazardous drinkers?",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2014",
author="de Visser, Richard O. and Hart, Angie and Abraham, Charles and Graber, Rebecca and Scanlon, Tom and Memon, Anjum",
volume="39",
number="8",
pages="1258-1264",
abstract="The aim of this study was to examine whether - in terms of personality characteristics and beliefs - former-drinkers and people who have never consumed alcohol exist on a continuum that includes low-risk drinkers and hazardous drinkers, or are distinct groups. An online questionnaire hosted on a secure server was completed by 1418 young people (642 men and 776 women) aged 16-21 living in South-East England. Participants' scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) were used to classify them as non-drinkers, former-drinkers, low-risk drinkers or hazardous drinkers. Multinomial logistic regression identified eight significant multivariate correlates that explained 39% of the variance in men's AUDIT category membership (χ(2)(24)=263.32, p<.01), and seven significant multivariate correlates that explained 41% of the variance in women's AUDIT category membership (χ(2)(21)=332.91, p<.01). The results suggest that non-drinkers and former-drinkers are more similar to each other than they are to both low risk and hazardous drinkers. We should not, therefore, treat these groups of young people as representing a drinking continuum. In particular, interventions for high risk young drinkers may be more effective if distinguished from general campaigns intended for all young people.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.04.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.04.008"
}