[A study of the abuse of alcoholic beverage among college students by using the Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale (AAIS)].

I carried out the Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale (AAIS), which was developed for screening of alcohol abuse in youth. The subjects are 288 college students (74 boys, 213 girls and unknown 1). In AAIS, the score of 42 or above is defined as indicating alcohol misuse interfering with psychological functioning, social relation, or family living. In this study, students who marked 42 or above are 6 boys (8.1%) and 1 girls (0.5%). The scores of AAIS of boys have a tendency to distribute to a higher side than those of girls and the average scores of AAIS are 30.7 in boys and 26.8 in girls respectively (significant difference, p < 0.01). The average score of AAIS of good health condition students (27.1) was lower than those of bad health condition students (30.9) and normal condition students (28.7) respectively. The average score of AAIS of one's own house students (26.4) was lower than that of lodging house students (29.5). The average score of AAIS of the students belonging to club activity (28.3) was higher than that of the students not belonging to club activity (25.8). The average score of the students belonging to athletic club (29.0) was higher than those of the students belonging to cultural club (26.8) and the students not belonging to club activity (25.8) respectively. The orderliness of AAIS in selection limbs was generally reasonable but the nessity of replace of the selection limbs in the questionnaire seemed to be requested in some cases. The latter facts and the items in which the rates of no answer were high, requested the future investigations.