College students' virtual and in-person drinking contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in pronounced changes for college students, including shifts in living situations and engagement in virtual environments. Although college drinking decreased at the onset of the pandemic, a nuanced understanding of pandemic-related changes in drinking contexts and the risks conferred by each context on alcohol use and related consequences have yet to be assessed.

Methods

Secondary data analyses were conducted on screening data from a large parent clinical trial assessing a college student drinking intervention (N = 1669). Participants across six cohorts (from Spring 2020 to Summer 2021) reported on the frequency of drinking in each context (i.e., outside the home, home alone, home with others in-person, and home with others virtu

SUBMITTER: Hultgren BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9720698 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature