Perspectives on the Validity of Self‐Reported Alcohol Use

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Summary: The purpose of this paper is to explore the search for an answer to the question “are self‐reports of alcohol consumption valid?” and the concurrent denial by most alcohol researchers, that over‐reporting of alcohol may be a possibility. Researchers have tended to ask this question with the inherent assumption that there is an absolute answer. The truth, however, is unlikely to be so neat or so simple.