Increased alcohol use to cope with COVID-19-related anxiety one year into the coronavirus pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Background: An increase in drinking to cope with anxiety provoked by the coronavirus was observed during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: In the present study, we examined the role of drinking motives in the anxiety-alcohol link one year into the pandemic. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data between April and May 2021: 678 participants located in Romania or the Netherlands completed an online survey on alcohol consumption in the past month (assessed using a simple quantity-frequency measure), change in drinking during the past year (assessed using a single item asking whether there had been an increase, decrease or no change), drinking motives (assessed using the Revised Drinking Motives Questionnaire), drinking-related p

SUBMITTER: Aan Het Rot M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101168 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature