While the six-item B-BAES may be particularly useful as a brief measurement tool to assess alcohol’s acute effects, replication of its psychometric strengths in an independent sample is necessary to confirm utility of this measure. Additionally, support for the abbreviated version would be further enhanced if B-BAES scores, just like the full BAES scores, predicted future drinking patterns over time (King et al., 2011a). Thus, the two-fold goal of the present study was to (1) confirm that the same six items of the BAES are retained for the abbreviated B-BAES in an independent sample; and (2) test the predictive validity of the B-BAES in relation to future drinking behaviors.
