Using Alcohol and Cannabis as Sleep Aids: Associations with Descriptive Norms Among College Students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Young adults may use alcohol and cannabis as sleep aids, a risky behavior that can worsen sleep health over time and lead to substance dependence. Perceived norms for such risky behaviors are often overestimated and related to one's own use. This cross-sectional study examined: (a) the extent to which college students overestimated the prevalence of alcohol and cannabis use as sleep aids (i.e., perceived descriptive norms), and (b) the extent to which perceived descriptive norms were associated with students' own use of alcohol and cannabis as sleep aids.

Methods

2,642 undergraduate college students (M_age = 18.84 years) reported past 30-day use of alcohol and cannabis as sleep aids. Participants also estimated the percent of college students who use

SUBMITTER: Graupensperger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9372229 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature