These groupings provide a conceptual framework for scoring consequences, but it should be noted that some items fit conceptually into more than one grouping. Specifically, guilt or remorse and failing to do what was expected might also be considered social problems from drinking; however, psychometric analyses suggested that these two items were aligned more closely with personal consequences from drinking than with social consequences. Injury has been included as a social rather than personal consequence because the question included injuries to others as well as self.
