In addition to the measures described above, various measures of mood states have been used in alcohol administration studies in order to capture the “mood-altering” effects of alcohol. Some of the most widely used measures of mood include the Profile of Mood States (POMS; McNair et al., 1971) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). Although the concurrent use of these multiple measures provides more comprehensive assessment of individual differences in the subjective experience of alcohol consumption, they also raise issues regarding the core construct(s) of subjective responses to alcohol and how to best define it (them). Moreover, the multiple assessments of subjective intoxication further complicate the integration of findings in the alcohol administration literature.
