The current study aims to fill this gap of research. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) has been commonly used to assess risky drinking behavior and to identify alcohol-related problems (Babor et al., 2001). College students with drinking problems as indicated by higher AUDIT scores showed impulsive decision making in a discounting task and diminished inhibitory control in a go/no-go task (Murphy and Garavan, 2011). The AUDIT score has been used as an outcome measure to identify young adults who developed alcohol dependence (Foxcroft et al., 2015), and to evaluate at-risk drinking in individuals with comorbid depression (van den Berg et al., 2014) and the interactive effects of cumulative stress and impulsivity on alcohol consumption (Fox et al., 2010). By combining the AUDIT and clinical assessment of alcohol use, we may examine the effects of drinking problems and duration of use on inhibitory control.
