COVID-related distress, mental health, and substance use in adolescents and young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined the impact of COVID-related disruptions on mental health and substance use in young people residing in a state with an initially lower COVID burden and earlier reopening of in-person learning than other states.

Methods

Data come from Waves 3 (Fall 2019) and 4 (Fall 2020) of the Policy and Communication Evaluation (PACE) Vermont, an online cohort study of adolescents (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-25). Participants in Wave 4 (212 adolescents; 662 young adults) completed items on COVID-related stressors, the impact of the pandemic on their substance use, brief mental health scales, and past 30-day substance use. Analyses examined correlational and longitudinal relationships between COVID-related stressors, mental health symptoms, and subs

SUBMITTER: Villanti AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9018497 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature