The 15-item ASQ (O’Neill et al., 2002) was also used to assess level of response to alcohol, and each item corresponds to a different alcohol-related effect. The ASQ addresses certain limitations of the SRE by including items that relate to the stimulating effects of alcohol or those associated with smaller doses of alcohol, in addition to sedative effects observed with higher doses of alcohol and typically more prominent during the descending limb of the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) curve. For each item endorsed, respondents are asked to estimate the minimum number of drinks required to experience up to nine effects that correspond to lighter drinking, and the maximum number of drinks they could consume before experiencing up to six effects that correspond to heavier drinking. This results in an overall score (ASQ-Total), where higher scores indicate lower sensitivity to alcohol, as well as a score for the stimulating, low-dose effects of alcohol (ASQ-Light), and a score for the sedative, high-dose effects of alcohol (ASQ-Heavy). For further details on the individual items and this measure, see Fleming et al. (2016).
