Subsequently, our group searched for a less expensive and less time-consuming measure of LR that could be used in large numbers of subjects, including younger drinkers. In the mid-1990s, we developed a simple 12-item retrospective self-report measure of a person’s perception of the number of standard drinks required for up to 4 subjective effects during a typical drinking session, the Self-Report of the Effects of Alcohol (SRE) questionnaire (Schuckit et al., 1997). SRE values have retest reliabilities and predictive validities regarding drinking quantities and alcohol-related problems of 0.70 or higher (Kalu et al., 2012; Ray et al., 2011; Schuckit et al., 1997). Documentation of significant positive correlations between higher SRE scores (i.e., a lower LR per drink) and future heavier alcohol intake and alcohol problems has come from our San Diego Prospective Study (SDPS), the Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), the U.K.-based Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), and other investigations (e.g. Chung & Martin, 2009; Schuckit et al., 2005a, 2007, 2008b).
