The intoxication power of alcoholic beverages: image and reality.

摘要: Because of the newness wine coolers and their youthful appeal, questions have arisen whether consumers a realistic understanding coolers' intoxication power. Questionnaires were given to 459 undergraduates determine how accurately they could estimate number drinks (beer, light beer, wine, coolers, whiskey) would consume become legally intoxicated. Results indicate that, although responses differ by race gender, respondents poor power alcohol in general hard liquor particular. Whereas liquor's was overestimated, underestimated relative other types total sample absolute terms females.