It does the job: Young adults discuss their malt liquor consumption
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Participants
A sample of 53 young adults who regularly consumed (at least 40 oz per week) malt liquor were recruited through newspaper advertising (“Do you drink 40s?”) to participate in one of 10 focus groups. The sample consisted of 38 men (72%) and 15 women (28%) who were assigned to one of six all-male, two all-female, and two mixed-gender groups, each of which consisted of an average of 5 (range = 3 to 9) participants. All participants met our selection criteria, which included age 18 to 35 years, no
Typical use of alcohol, malt liquor, and other substances
We separately assessed typical weekly alcohol intake as well as the intake of malt liquor. Our focus group participants indicated they typically consumed an average of 23.22 (S.D. = 15.79) drinks per week. On each day they consumed malt liquor, they reported drinking either two (53%) or three (23%) 40-oz containers. On average, they drank 5.42 (S.D. = 4.19) containers of malt liquor per week, which approximates 18 standard alcoholic drinks. Independent samples t-tests revealed no significant gender
Acknowledgements
This research was funded by Grant R21 AA13540 from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/National Institutes of Health to R. Lorraine Collins and Clara Bradizza.
We thank Avery Jones, Audrey J. Kubiak, Elizabeth Giles, Sandy Wilson as well as the research participants for their assistance with this project.
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