A total of 425 participants completed at least half of the survey and were considered to be the valid sample for the larger study. The sample for the present study (N = 361) was limited to those who reported lifetime exposure to alcohol and who responded to all of the items in the self-report measure concerning the AUD criteria (N = 353 also completed the binge drinking item and were included in analyses involving this variable). The (N = 361) sample was 73.3% female and 26.7% male with one participant declining to report gender. The mean age was 19.07 (SD = 2.31). Race/ethnicity and class standing were available for about half of the sample (n = 191 and 194, respectively). This portion of the sample was 84.8% Caucasian, 7.3% African-American, 4.7% Hispanic, 1% Asian and 2.1% “other.” Freshman was the most common class standing (80.4%), followed by sophomore (15.5%), junior (2.6%), senior (1%) and “other” (.5%). The mean frequency of binge drinking episodes per week was 1.19 (SD = 1.27), with a range of 0 to 5.5 episodes per week.
