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Kendra Delaney1, Mary S Dietrich1, Collen Corte2
1Center for Research Development and Scholarship, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Objective:
This study examined the associations of anxiety and drinking motives with hazardous and binge alcohol use among young adults.
Participants:
We recruited young adults (N = 182, mean age 25) between November 2020 and December 2020.
Methods:
Linear regressions were used to evaluate relationships among hazardous alcohol use (US Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-C [USAUDIT-C]), binge drinking (Alcohol Intake Questionnaire [AIQ]), PROMIS-Anxiety, COVID-19 related anxiety (CAS), and the drinking to cope with depression and anxiety subscales of the Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire.
Results:
Sixty-two percent of participants reported hazardous drinking (USAUDIT-C score > 4). PROMIS Anxiety and CAS scores were 63.7 and 1.0, respectively. Scores were positively associated with drinking patterns. However, the drinking to cope with depression motive significantly mediated these associations.
Conclusions:
After the onset of the pandemic, hazardous and binge drinking patterns among young adults were associated with drinking to cope with depression rather than anxiety.
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