Additionally, the young adults completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), a screening instrument for the detection of hazardous alcohol use, developed by the WHO [28]. The AUDIT comprises 10 items, referring to the last 12 months, by which patterns of alcohol consumption (items #1–3), alcohol dependence (items #4–6) and adverse consequences of heavy drinking (items #7–10) are assessed. The AUDIT has shown reasonable reliability and validity in a German sample [29]. The score is considered as a continuum from abstaining to harmful drinking to alcohol dependence [30]. Theoretically, AUDIT values up to 40 are possible; the scores in this sample varied from 0 to 21.
