Creswell KG, Chung T, Skrzynski CJ, et al. - Researchers aimed at determined predictors and consequences of non-binge drinking, age- and gender-adjusted binge drinking (Level I), and drinking at levels representing 2 or more times (Level II), and 3 or more times the Level I binge threshold (Level III) in a clinical sample of adolescents followed into young adulthood. They assessed 432 adolescents (ages 12-18) with alcohol-related problems followed into young adulthood (ages 19-25) and identified generally consistent results with a distinction between Binge Level I vs Levels II-III on many adverse alcohol-related consequences in adolescence that were maintained in young adulthood. Binge Levels II-III in young adulthood were observed in correlation with the maintenance of relatively high endorsement of enhancement and social motives over time; reductions in coping motives were linked with less risky drinking in adulthood. Standard threshold binge drinking (5+ drinks per occasion; Level I) was frequently linked with fewer alcohol-related consequences and problem behaviors than binge drinking at two or more times (Level II) or three or more times (Level III) the standard binge threshold.