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Underestimation of Recalled Alcohol Intake in Relation to Actual Consumption
Author(s) -
Poikolainen Kari
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1985.tb03276.x
Subject(s) - evening , alcohol intake , alcohol consumption , medicine , consumption (sociology) , food intake , environmental health , heavy drinking , recall , alcohol , demography , psychology , poison control , injury prevention , biology , social science , biochemistry , physics , astronomy , sociology , cognitive psychology
Summary Drinking of 58 males was observed for six evening hours in simulated restaurant surroundings. Interviews on alcohol consumption were carried out the next day (in two cases two days) after the drinking session. Recalled mean number of drinks was ten drinks, the actual mean intake 11 drinks. Degree of underestimation in recall was positively associated with the actual amount imbibed. On the average, heavy consumers underestimated their intake by 12 per cent and light consumers by four percent.