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Título: | Effects of the COVID-19 mitigation measures on alcohol consumption and binge drinking in college students: a longitudinal survey |
Autor(es): | Vasconcelos, Margarida Crego, Alberto Rodrigues, Rui Almeida-Antunes, Natália López-Caneda, Eduardo |
Palavras-chave: | alcohol binge drinking COVID-19 pandemic young adults college students alcohol craving stress anxiety depression |
Data: | 17-Set-2021 |
Editora: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
Revista: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Citação: | Vasconcelos M, Crego A, Rodrigues R, Almeida-Antunes N, López-Caneda E. Effects of the COVID-19 Mitigation Measures on Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking in College Students: A Longitudinal Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9822. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189822 |
Resumo(s): | To “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 contagion, several countries ordered lockdowns amid the pandemic along with indications on social distancing. These social isolation measures could potentially bring alterations to healthy behavior, including to alcohol consumption. However, there is hardly any scientific evidence of the impact of such measures on alcohol consumption and binge drinking (BD) among young adults, and how they relate to alcohol craving, stress, anxiety, and depression levels. We addressed these questions by conducting a longitudinal study with 146 Portuguese college students—regular binge drinkers (regular BDs), infrequent binge drinkers (infrequent BDs) and non-binge drinkers (non-BDs)—in three moments: before the pandemic (Pre-Lockdown), during lockdown (Lockdown) and 6 months after (Post-Lockdown). Results revealed that regular BDs decreased alcohol use during Lockdown, a change in behavior that was even greater during Post-Lockdown, when regular BDs displayed similar levels of consumption to infrequent/non-BDs. Additionally, alcohol craving and living with friends were predictive of alcohol use during Lockdown, whereas stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms did not contribute to explain changes in drinking behavior. Collectively, the results suggest that BD in young Portuguese college students can be stopped when the contexts in which alcohol intake usually takes place are suppressed, which may have important implications for future prevention and intervention strategies. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
Descrição: | The data presented in this study are openly available in FigShare at: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14755278 (accessed on 22 August 2021). |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/74392 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18189822 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
e-ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Versão da editora: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/18/9822 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | CIPsi - Artigos (Papers) |
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