Open AccessA retrospective examination of changes in drinking motives during the early COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Nichea S. Spillane,
Melissa R. Schick,
Tessa Nalven,
Michael C. Crawford,
Anika S Martz
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of psychiatry in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.458
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1541-3527
pISSN - 0091-2174
DOI - 10.1177/00912174221110086
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , retrospective cohort study , medicine , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to substantial changes in college student alcohol use. Changes in drinking motives may explain some of these changes in drinking patterns. The purpose of the present study is to explore how drinking motives and alcohol use have changed amongst college students considering the timeframes before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., March 2020) in the United States. We hypothesized that there would be significant changes in drinking motives after March 2020, which would be significantly related to changes in alcohol use.