In conclusion, the brevity of the B-BAES, along with the robust reliability and validity evidence for B-STIM and B-SED in the assessment of the stimulant and sedative effects of alcohol, indicate that this new abbreviated measure could greatly enhance the scope of future research assessing alcohol’s biphasic effects. With 6 items instead of 14 items, the ease of use and time to complete the B-BAES compared with full BAES is reduced by more than 50%. It would benefit the literature if future research addressed the potential to shorten other measures of subjective effects. As clinical research paradigms are increasingly using more technical elements, the B-BAES may represent an important advance in the measurement of acute alcohol effects to facilitate state-of-the-art clinical research paradigms.
