Daily Impact of Stressful Digital Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Alcohol Use Among Young Adults in Romantic Relationships

项目摘要 压力暴露是年轻成年人饮酒的重要预测因素，具有不可控制的压力源，例如 自然灾害和大规模创伤，特别有害。数字压力暴露，定义为暴露于 通过使用智能手机的任何压力事件，包括但不限于在线新闻文章，社交媒体 帖子和文本消息最近受到越来越多的关注。数字压力暴露与 焦虑和创伤后应激障碍症状增加，有些人报告数字压力暴露比在- 人的压力暴露。然而，研究还没有研究数字压力暴露对年轻人的影响。 成年Au。2020年是探索数字压力暴露对年轻人影响的独特窗口。 成年人饮酒作为一种不可控制的压力源，发生在全球，国家，州和人际关系中。 水平，包括COVID-19大流行，种族不公正和内乱。这些压力源被放大了 通过媒体，使数字压力暴露频繁，往往不可避免。同时，报告 表明年轻人使用技术和饮酒的情况显著增加。随着年轻人的增加， 发展酒精使用障碍的风险，以及年轻时的有害饮酒预示着以后的酒精 为了解决这些问题，我们必须调查数字压力暴露对年轻人饮酒的影响。 鉴于压力源在2020年迅速出现，因此必须在日常层面上检查压力源， 来捕捉频繁发生的压力源。此外，微观层面的背景，如浪漫关系， 加剧了伴侣之间的压力和酒精使用，使这种影响环境对 包括.为了填补这些空白，这项研究计划利用了一项21天的每日日记研究， 在大流行开始时，成年夫妇。本研究采用了一种新的数据收集方法， 参与者从他们的智能手机上传屏幕截图，显示每天最紧张的数字事件。 建议项目的第一个目标是使现有的编码系统适应日常紧张的数字事件 并评估其有效性。第二个目标将检查数字压力事件的客观和主观评级 与当天和次日饮酒有关。检查主观和客观压力等级， 数字压力事件是必要的，因为大流行期间的脱敏和人格解体可能 污染参与者的自我报告。建议的研究项目支持我的培训目标：1）获得 对压力对年轻成人饮酒的影响有更深的概念和伦理理解，2）推进 在密集的纵向数据分析领域的定量技能，以及3）提高我的科学写作能力 和传播。使现有的日常压力事件编码系统适应压力数字事件将 为研究人员提供机会，以确定技术使用的具体方面，影响年轻的成年人酒精 使用，这可能有助于预防和干预工作的发展，强调基本的日常， 技术使用与年轻人饮酒之间的日机制。

Project Summary Stress exposure is a significant predictor of young adult alcohol use, with uncontrollable stressors, such as natural disasters and mass traumas, being particularly harmful. Digital stress exposure, defined as exposure to any stressful event through the use of a smartphone including but not limited to online news articles, social media posts, and text messages, has recently received increased attention. Digital stress exposure has been linked to increased anxiety and PTSD symptoms, and some report digital stress exposure as more stressful than in- person stress exposure. However, research has yet to examine the impact of digital stress exposure on young adult AU. The year 2020 presents as a unique window to explore the impact of digital stress exposure on young adult alcohol use as a myriad of uncontrollable stressors occurred at global, national, state and interpersonal levels, including the COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustices, and civil unrest. These stressors were amplified through the media, making digital stress exposure frequent and often unavoidable. Simultaneously, reports indicated significant increases in young adults' technology use and alcohol use. As young adults are at increased risk of developing alcohol use disorders, and harmful drinking during young adulthood predicts later alcohol problems, it is imperative that we investigate the effects of digital stress exposure on young adults' alcohol use. Given that stressors occurred rapidly during 2020, it is important to examine stressors at the daily level in order to capture the frequent stressors occurring. Additionally, microlevel contexts such as romantic relationships can exacerbate stress and alcohol use between partners, making this context of influence equally important to include. To fill these gaps, this research proposal utilizes a 21-day daily diary study implemented with young adult couples during the beginning of the pandemic. This study utilized a novel data collection method wherein participants uploaded screenshots from their smartphones indicating the most stressful digital event of each day. The first aim of the proposed project is to adapt an existing coding system for the daily stressful digital events and assess its validity. The second aim will examine if objective and subjective ratings of digital stressful events are associated with same- and next-day alcohol use. Examination of subjective and objective stress ratings for digital stressful events is imperative as desensitization and depersonalization during the pandemic may contaminate participant self-reports. The proposed research project supports my training objectives: 1) obtain a deeper conceptual and ethical understanding of the impact of stress on young adult alcohol use, 2) advance quantitative skills in the area of intensive longitudinal data analysis, and 3) improve my abilities in scientific writing and dissemination. Adapting an existing daily stressful event coding system for stressful digital events would afford researchers the opportunity to identify specific aspects of technology use that impacts young adult alcohol use, which may aid the development of prevention and intervention efforts by highlighting the underlying day-to- day mechanisms through which technology use relates to alcohol use among young adults.