Predicting adverse consequences of alcohol consumption in underage college students using a novel Fake ID Purchase...

Underage drinking is a significant public health concern, specifically among college students. The availability of fake IDs increases risks of college binge drinking as well as sexual victimization, providing a call for research on behavioral correlates. The purpose of the present experiment was to determine how much money an underage college sample (N = 98) at a large Midwestern university would be willing to pay to obtain a fake ID and to identify relations between demand for alcoholic drinks, demand for a fake ID, and adverse consequences of past alcohol consumption as measured by the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. Hierarchical negative binomial regression suggested demand intensity and O_max for alcoholic drinks as well as O_max for a fake ID were associated with a greater number of negative consequences of past alcohol consumption. The present experiment adds to the surmounting evidence implicating demand for fake IDs on college campuses as a serious public health concern. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).