Were self-described introverts "immune" to increased drug use and entrapment during the pandemic?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social restrictions and other stressors related to the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted daily life in ways that might have increased drug use and undermined mental health. We investigated whether such changes depended on the amount and quality of a person's social activity. We also evaluated the popular idea that effects of pandemic-related restrictions would depend on introversion; to this end, we used self-described introversion as a proxy for preferred frequency of social activity.

Methods

Between September 2020 and March 2021, we obtained online-survey data from 2615 respondents who retrospectively reported alcohol, opioid, or psychostimulant use. We analyzed (1) changes in drug use and entrapment (a psychological construct linked to suicidality) as a function of i

SUBMITTER: Panlilio LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8801242 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature