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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2010 Mar 20;47(2):168–175. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.01.001

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
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
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
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.