scholarly journals Alcohol use, cannabis use, and psychopathology symptoms among college students before and after COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ty S. Schepis ◽  
Alessandro S. De Nadai ◽  
Adrian J. Bravo ◽  
Alison Looby ◽  
Margo C. Villarosa-Hurlocker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Psychopathology Symptoms

scholarly journals Changes in Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Adults: The Prospective Effect of Anxiety and Depression

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 4468
Author(s):  
Belén del Valle Vera ◽  
José Carmona-Márquez ◽  
Óscar Martín Lozano-Rojas ◽  
Alberto Parrado-González ◽  
Claudio Vidal-Giné ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Measured Quantity ◽  
Drinking Habits ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Drinking Frequency ◽  
The Impact

Health measures instantiated to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have imposed significant constraints for the population and impacted on drinking habits and mental health. This study longitudinally compared changes in alcohol consumption before and after the COVID-19 outbreak and the impact of sociodemographic and mental health variables on such changes among a community sample of young adults. Data were collected in the context of a larger, ongoing longitudinal study. The sample consisted of 305 young adults from Spain aged between 18 and 26 years (mean age = 21.27, (SD = 2.21), female = 53.4%; college students = 61.6%) who completed first (November-2019 and February-2020; i.e., before the outbreak of COVID-19) and second follow-up questionnaires (March 2021, a year after the COVID-19 outbreak). Alcohol use (quantity and drinking frequency), depression and anxiety symptoms were measured. Quantity and frequency of alcohol use decreased from the pre- to post-COVID-19 period. A decrease in drinking frequency was observed among college students, but not in noncollege peers. Although we found no effect of pre-COVID-19 anxiety on alcohol use changes, those with more depressive symptoms at the pre-COVID assessment were more resistant to decreasing their drinking quantity and frequency after the COVID-19 outbreak. This information will be of value when designing interventions aimed at reducing harmful alcohol use and highlights the role of mental health status when identifying high risk populations of young-adults during this, and future, public health crises.

Gambling and Alcohol Use Among First-Year College Students

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey L. Rocha ◽  
M. Dolores Cimini ◽  
Angelina X. Diaz-Myers ◽  
Matthew P. Martens ◽  
Estela M. Rivero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year College ◽  
First Year College Students

Alcohol use among college students

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Stryker ◽  
Desiree Hays ◽  
Erin Shipley ◽  
Kyra Fitzsimmons ◽  
Shawn Powell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Use

Is Pre-College Interpersonal Trauma Associated with Cannabis Use?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrell A Hicks ◽  
Daniel Bustamante ◽  
Kaitlin E Bountress ◽  
Amy Adkins ◽  
Dace S Svikis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Interpersonal Trauma ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
First Year ◽  
Southeastern Part ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Large N ◽  
First Year College Students ◽  
Experimental Use

Objective: To examine the prevalence and correlates of lifetime cannabis use (i.e., experimental [use 1-5 times] and non-experimental [use ≥ 6 times]) in relation to demographics, interpersonal trauma (IPT), and alcohol and nicotine use.Participants: A large (n = 9,889) representative sample of college students at an urban college campus in the southeastern part of the United States.Methods: Participants were 4 cohorts of first-year college students who completed measures of demographic variables, cannabis, alcohol, nicotine, and IPT. Associations were estimated using multinomial logistic regressions.Results: The prevalence of lifetime cannabis use was 45.5%. Specifically, 28.1% reported non-experimental cannabis use and 17.4% reported experimental cannabis use. Race, cohort, nicotine, and IPT were associated with experimental and non-experimental cannabis use. Additionally, alcohol and sex were associated with non-experimental cannabis use.Conclusions: Results show that cannabis use is prevalent among college students and is associated with race, IPT, and other substance use.

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