The Effect of Social and Stress-Related Factors on Alcohol Use Among College Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this article is to study how Covid-19 stress-related factors and changes in social engagement during the pandemic contributed to changes in alcohol use among first-year college students.

Methods

We used data on 439 first-year students (ages 18-20) at a large public university in North Carolina both before (October 2019 to February 2020) and after (June/July 2020) the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. We evaluated changes in prevalence and days of alcohol use and binge drinking. We estimated the associations between Covid-19 stressors/stress (work reductions, health, distanced learning difficulties, perceived stress) and social engagement (perceived social support from friends, social isolation, and social distancing) after controlling for students' pre-pande

SUBMITTER: Fruehwirth JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature