Changes in Young Adults’ Alcohol and Marijuana Use, Norms, and Motives From Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alongside the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with several secondary health effects. There is concern for increased substance use motivated by coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and boredom–all of which may be elevated during the pandemic. The current study examined intra...

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Vydané v:Journal of adolescent health Ročník 68; číslo 4; s. 658 - 665
Hlavní autori: Graupensperger, Scott, Fleming, Charles B., Jaffe, Anna E., Rhew, Isaac C., Patrick, Megan E., Lee, Christine M.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2021
Elsevier BV
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Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Adults
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol use
Anxiety
Boredom
Cannabis
Changes
Conformity
Coping
COVID-19
COVID-19 - psychology
Drinking
Drinking behavior
Female
Humans
Male
Marijuana
Marijuana Use - epidemiology
Mental depression
Mental health
Motivation
Pandemics
Peers
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Social distancing
Social Norms
Substance abuse
Substance use
Viruses
Washington - epidemiology
Women
Young Adult
Young adults
Washington
Substance use
Drinking
Cannabis
SARS-CoV-2
Social distancing
Social norms
ISSN:1054-139X, 1879-1972, 1879-1972
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Shrnutí:Alongside the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with several secondary health effects. There is concern for increased substance use motivated by coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and boredom–all of which may be elevated during the pandemic. The current study examined intraindividual changes (from pre-COVID to during COVID) in young adults’ alcohol and marijuana use, perceptions of peers’ use (i.e., norms), and motives for use. A community sample of young adults (N = 572; Mage= 25.14; 60.8% women) was recruited in Washington State. By using a repeated-measures design, data were collected prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2020) and again during the initial acute phase of the pandemic (April/May of 2020). Young adults, on average, increased alcohol use frequency but decreased the amount consumed per drinking occasion. No changes in marijuana use were identified. Young adults (on average) perceived that peers had increased the frequency and total amount of alcohol use and perceived that peers were engaging in heavier marijuana use than prior to COVID-19. For alcohol use motives, there was a significant increase in depression coping motives and significant decreases in social, enhancement, and conformity motives. Boredom motives for marijuana use significantly increased, while celebration motives decreased. Using a prospective design with a sample initially recruited in Washington State, these data indicate that (a) young adults’ patterns of alcohol use may have changed, (b) young adults tend to think that peers are engaging in heavier alcohol/marijuana use than before the pandemic, and (c) motives for using alcohol/marijuana may have changed during the pandemic.
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ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.008