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ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT QUARTERLY
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 328-341Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2021.1917325
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COVID-19; anxiety; depression; alcohol; mental health; students
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- UNM College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS)
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The study found that alcohol consumption among undergraduate students significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among students with severe anxiety and depression symptoms.
A survey of undergraduate students 18-25 years of age (n = 777) was conducted at a large U.S. University to assess changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic and associations with anxiety and depression symptom severity assessed via the GAD-7 and PHQ-9, respectively. Fifty-three percent experienced anxiety, 57% experienced depression, and 46% experienced both in the past two weeks in fall 2020. Alcohol consumption increased 54% from February to October 2020 (p < .01), most pronouncedly in students with severe anxiety (86%), severe depression (180%), or both (83%). Depression severity was associated with the largest increases in alcohol consumption during COVID-19 in students.
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