Associations Between Stress and Hair Cortisol and Their Relationship to Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults: An Epidemiological Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: The relationship between stress, hair cortisol and alcohol consumption has mostly been investigated among clinical and adult study samples, with inconsistent findings. The present study aimed to examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between chronic stress, hair cortisol and average past-year alcohol consumption within a population-based sample of adolescents and young adults. At baseline of the epidemiological cohort study, N = 1180 individuals aged 14-21 from Dresden, Germany, were assessed (11/2015-12/2016). A maximum N = 1055 were analysed in cross-sectional analyses and a maximum N = 722 in longitudinal analyses (1-year follow-up). Multivariate linear regression analyses were conducted to reveal cross-sectional associations between perceived chronic stress, hair cortiso

SUBMITTER: Plettenberg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821724 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature