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Changes in College Student Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Perceived Drinking Norms Still Relevant?

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With widespread concern for increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a pressing need to examine changes in young adults? alcohol use and to identify antecedents of increased… Click to show full abstract

With widespread concern for increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a pressing need to examine changes in young adults? alcohol use and to identify antecedents of increased use We tested the hypothesis that self-reported changes in alcohol use during the pandemic (frequency, quantity, heavy episodic drinking) would relate to perceptions of peers? changes in alcohol use In April of 2020, 507 college students self-reported changes in their alcohol use and perceived changes in use for typical students at their university (i e , norms) Most students in our sample reported decreased alcohol use and perceived decreases in peers? alcohol use Perceptions of peers? changes in alcohol use behavior strongly related to changes in students? own alcohol use Findings provide strong support for norms-based strategies that can correct normative misperceptions by highlighting the fact that most college students are not in fact engaging in heavier alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords: use; college; use covid; covid pandemic; alcohol use

Journal Title: Emerging adulthood
Year Published: 2021

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