To meet these challenges, Schuckit and colleagues developed the Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol (SRE) form (Schuckit et al., 1997). The SRE asks respondents to indicate the number of drinks required to experience up to four effects from drinking alcohol (recognition of “any effect;” dizziness or slurred speech; stumbling gait; passing out) during three different time periods (their first five drinking episodes, period of heaviest drinking in their lives, and most recent consecutive three month period in which they drank), and to respond only to effects that were actually experienced in a given timeframe. The SRE has demonstrated good internal consistency (α > .90) and test-retest reliability (r = .82) (Schuckit et al., 1997). Concurrent validity has been established by correlating SRE scores with subjective effects during laboratory alcohol challenge (Schuckit et al., 1997) and with scores on AUD diagnostic instruments (see Ray et al., 2011). SRE scores also predict development of AUD and problems prospectively (e.g., Schuckit et al., 2006, 2007, 2011; Schuckit & Smith, 2001).
