2001-2002 National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) (21%), which used the highly reliable parental history module of the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule (Thompson, Lizardi, Keyes, & Hasin, 2008). Third, although our sample as a whole is demographically representative of the diverse undergraduate population from which it is drawn, there was some evidence that individuals with higher levels of conduct problems and alcohol use were less likely to participate in the follow-up. Finally, although our design capitalizes on data collected at two time-points, we do not make causal claims about whether dating several people causes individuals to drink more. Instead, we believe that dating several people lies in pathways of risk for alcohol use in this age group. In other words, we conceptualize dating several people as marker of risk for elevated alcohol use, rather than as part of a causal chain per se.
