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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on substance use among adults without children, parents, and adolescents

2021· article· en· 41 citations· W3210940019 on OpenAlex· 10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100388

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Claude Opus 4.8OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Longitudinal study of pandemic impacts on substance use among adults, parents and adolescents.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

It studies pandemic-related substance use, not research itself.

Grok 4.5OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Public health study of COVID-19 impacts on substance use across family roles.

Abstract

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol and illicit substance use among adults without children, parents, and adolescents was investigated through two studies with five samples from independent ongoing U.S. longitudinal studies. In Study 1, 931 adults without children, parents, and adolescents were surveyed about the pandemic's impact on personal behavior. 19-25% of adults without children, parents, and adolescents reported an increase in alcohol or illicit substance use. In Study 2, 274 adults without children, parents, and adolescents who had been interviewed prior to the pandemic onset about alcohol and illicit substance use problems were re-interviewed after the pandemic's onset to test within-person change. The rate of alcohol or illicit substance use problems increased from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic onset from 13% to 36% among the three groups. Increase in alcohol and illicit substance use problems was positively correlated with increased depression/anxiety and household disruption, suggesting possible mechanisms for increases in substance problems. Findings in both studies held across low- and middle-income families. Findings suggest the need for communitywide policies to increase resources for alcohol and illicit substance use screening and intervention, especially for adolescents.

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Venue
Addictive Behaviors Reports
Topic
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Field
Psychology
Canadian institutions
Simon Fraser University
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNational Center for Advancing Translational SciencesNational Institute on Drug AbuseNational Institute on AgingNational Institutes of Health
Keywords
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Substance use2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PsychologyYoung adultMedicineDevelopmental psychologyClinical psychologyVirologyInternal medicine
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