The relationship between Self-Rating of the Effects of alcohol and alcohol challenge results in ninety-eight young men.

Abstract

The SRE is a simple and reliable measure of a person's estimate of the number of drinks required to achieve a response. The form might be helpful in educating people about the intensity of their response to alcohol and might be useful as a point of discussion in curricula focusing on genetic aspects of alcoholism. When alcohol challenges are not possible in a research protocol, the SRE might help identify a less heterogeneous subgroup of individuals at high risk for alcoholism who have a common mechanism increasing their vulnerability.