ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2021
Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress, mood, and substance use among young adults in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area: Findings from project EAT.
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- A narrative systematic review of changes in mental health symptoms from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic.Psychological medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- An age and gender stratified interview on emotional experiences and coping of Chinese migrants in Canada amidst the pandemic.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- COVID-19 in Rural Ontario Communities: Exploring Women's Mental Health During a Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Alcohol use among Croatian adolescents: the alignment of 13-year-old and 15-year-old girls with boys, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Croatian medical journal · 2024Article
- Mental health status and quality of life among Thai people after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Implementing internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (moodgym) for African students with symptoms of low mood during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative feasibilty study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Substance Use among Emerging Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review through the Lens of Sustainable Development Goals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Generation COVID: Young adult substance use.Current opinion in psychology · 2023Review
- Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Well-Being of Emerging Adult Populations: A Synthesis of Findings From the COVID-19 Eating and Activity Over Time (C-EAT) Study.Emerging adulthood (Print) · 2023Review
- Examining impacts of information system success and perceived stress on students' self-regulated learning mediated by intrinsic motivation in online learning environments: second-order structural equation modelling analyses.Education and information technologies · 2023Article
- UK alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of drinking motives, employment and subjective mental health.PloS one · 2023Article
- COVID-related social determinants of substance use disorder among diverse U.S. racial ethnic groups.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- Factors Associated with Self-Reported Changes in Alcohol Use among Young Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Analysis between Canada and France.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- COVID-related stress and substance use: examining the role of sleep disturbance.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2022Article
- The impact of the initial COVID-19 outbreak on young adults' mental health: a longitudinal study of risk and resilience factors.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
rationaleThere is a need to understand how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental and behavioral health of young adults in the U.S.
objectiveThis study used quantitative and qualitative survey data to identify young adults at highest risk for psychological distress during the U.S. outbreak of COVID-19 and to further understand how the pandemic has impacted their stress, mood, and substance use.
methodsParticipants were 670 young adult cohort members (ages 21-29) of the population-based longitudinal study EAT 2010-2018 who participated in the C-EAT study (COVID-19 Eating and Activity over Time).
resultsAmong the sample, 84% (n = 561) reported pandemic-related changes to their mood or stress and 33% (n = 221) reported changes to their substance use. Linear regression analyses identified several meaningful risk factors for higher psychological distress during the pandemic, including female gender, White race, higher pre-pandemic depressive symptoms and perceived stress, and lower pre-pandemic stress management ability. A thematic analysis further identified five major themes related to changes in stress and mood following the COVID-19 outbreak describing specific emotional reactions, stress related to the direct impact of the pandemic as well as interpersonal connectedness and economic factors, and strategies for managing stress. In addition, two major themes were identified related to substance use during the pandemic detailing specific changes in and motivations for substance use.
conclusionsThese findings underscore the need to develop effective, scalable, and rapidly deployable public health resources that target the stressors commonly experienced among young adults to improve their psychological wellbeing during this pandemic.
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