drink and asked to recall the number of days they consumed 5 or more standard drinks in a 24-hour period in the last 12-months. Their response was then converted onto a 13-point quasi-continuous scale, where higher numbers corresponded to greater frequency of heavy episodic drinking (e.g., “never” = 1, “1 day per week” = 6, and “every day” = 13). Data from baseline and three follow-up assessments were used in the longitudinal analysis (see Statistical analysis section for coding procedures).
