Changes in College Student Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Perceived Drinking Norms Still Relevant?
| Autor: | Christine M. Lee, Jason R. Kilmer, Anna E. Jaffe, Mary E. Larimer, Charles B. Fleming, Scott Graupensperger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) education 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Alcohol Article chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Environmental health Pandemic Developmental and Educational Psychology Peer influence 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences sense organs Young adult skin and connective tissue diseases Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Emerg Adulthood |
| ISSN: | 2167-6984 2167-6968 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2167696820986742 |
| Popis: | With widespread concern for increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a pressing need to examine changes in young adults’ alcohol use and to identify antecedents of increased use. We tested the hypothesis that self-reported changes in alcohol use during the pandemic (frequency, quantity, heavy episodic drinking) would relate to perceptions of peers’ changes in alcohol use. In April of 2020, 507 college students self-reported changes in their alcohol use and perceived changes in use for typical students at their university (i.e., norms). Most students in our sample reported decreased alcohol use and perceived decreases in peers’ alcohol use. Perceptions of peers’ changes in alcohol use behavior strongly related to changes in students’ own alcohol use. Findings provide strong support for norms-based strategies that can correct normative misperceptions by highlighting the fact that most college students are not in fact engaging in heavier alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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