Table 3.
CRAFFT problem drinking criteria applied to 400 adolescents’ MySpace profiles
Statements that the profile owner had driven while intoxicated or ridden in a car with an intoxicated driver |
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References from MySpace profile data | |
C=Car | --“My interests including driving while drinking” |
Statements that the profile owner used alcohol to relax | |
References from MySpace profile data | |
--“My escape will come in the form of a bottle of tequila” | |
R=Relax | --“Nothing like relaxing with 3 shots of Jaeger” |
Statements that the profile owner had drunk alcohol while alone | |
References from MySpace profile data | |
A=Alone | --“I’m sick and depraved, snuck a beer into my room to survive the evening” |
Statements that the profile owner had forgotten things he/she did while drinking or had blacked out while using alcohol |
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References from MySpace profile data | |
---“Here’s me in this pic, blacked out drunk at 8am” | |
--“”I was so drunk I don’t remember leaving that party” | |
--“I don’t remember that, I was pretty drunk.” | |
--“Whoa, I blacked out last night.” | |
--“ I saw that picture and realized I don’t remember that part of last night.” | |
F=Forget | --“How could I remember that? I’m never sober.” |
Statements that someone in the profile owner’s friends or family had suggested the profile owner should cut down on drinking |
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References from MySpace profile data | |
F=Friends/family | --“She said I’m a lush” |
T=Trouble | Statements that the profile owner had been in legal or other trouble due to events that occurred while drinking |
CRAFFT criteria from: Knight, J.R., et al., A new brief screen for adolescent substance abuse. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 1999. 153(6): p. 591-6.