Difficulties with emotion regulation and drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduates: the serial mediation of COVID-related distress and drinking to cope with the pandemic
Difficulties with emotion regulation and drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduates: the serial mediation of COVID-related distress and drinking to cope with the pandemic
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DOI：
10.1080/16506073.2020.1861084
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发表时间：
2021-02-02
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4.7
通讯作者：
Zvolensky, Michael J.
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作者：
Buckner, Julia D.;Lewis, Elizabeth M.;Zvolensky, Michael J.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行导致全球数千人住院治疗和死亡。尽管酒精使用量在应对大流行时有所增加，但没有已知的研究确定了应对COVID相关痛苦时更多饮酒的转诊断风险因素。情绪调节更困难的人可能会在大流行期间喝更多的酒来控制与大流行相关的痛苦。目前的研究测试了情绪调节困难是否与过去一个月典型的一周内更高的估计血液酒精含量（eBAC）有关，以及这是否是由于COVID相关的痛苦和饮酒以科普大流行。样本包括路易斯安那州的347名上个月饮酒的本科生，该州是美国COVID-19感染率和相关死亡率最高的州。参与目标导向行为的困难与上个月更大的eBAC有关，这种关系是由与COVID相关的担忧和饮酒的顺序效应介导的。结果表明，在COVID-19大流行期间，难以从事目标导向行为的个人特别容易受到更大的eBAC的影响，这可能部分是由于他们更容易受到与COVID相关的担忧的影响，这可能导致更多的饮酒以科普大流行。
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has contributed to thousands of hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. Although alcohol use has increased in response to the pandemic, no known studies have identified transdiagnostic risk factors for greater drinking in response to COVID-related distress. Individuals with more difficulty with emotion regulation may drink more during the pandemic to manage pandemic-related distress. The current study tested whether difficulty with emotion regulation was related to greater estimated blood alcohol content (eBAC) during a typical week in the past month and if this was due to COVID-related distress and drinking to cope with the pandemic. The sample consisted of 347 past-month drinking undergraduates in Louisiana, a state with some of the U.S. highest rates of COVID-19 infections and related deaths. Difficulty with engaging in goal-directed behaviors was related to greater past-month eBAC and this relation was mediated by the sequential effects of COVID-related worry and drinking to cope with the pandemic. Results indicate that individuals with difficulty engaging in goal-directed behaviors are especially vulnerable to greater eBAC during the COVID-19 pandemic which may be due in part to their vulnerability to more COVID-related worry which may lead to more drinking to cope with the pandemic.