ArticleSSM. Mental health2021
COVID-19 bereavement, depressive symptoms, and binge drinking.
Article in SSM. Mental health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Trends in psychological distress among US adults before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional analysis, 2017-2024.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Psychosocial stressors, accelerated biological aging, and multiple morbidities: Evidence from an age-diverse sample.PloS one · 2026Article
- Psychological distress and coping mechanisms due to the COVID-19 pandemic among the adult population in Bo Sierra Leone. A cross-sectional study.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of middle-aged and older Europeans.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Mourning in a Pandemic: The Differential Impact of COVID-19 Widowhood on Mental Health.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Psychological responses to U.S. statewide restrictions and COVID-19 exposures: A longitudinal study.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- The impact of the COVID lockdown on alcohol consumption in the Netherlands. The role of living arrangements and social isolation.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the death of over half a million Americans, leaving in its wake widespread grief and despair. Using national survey data (n = 1998) and a treatment-weighting strategy, this study examines how COVID-19 bereavement associates with depressive symptoms and binge drinking. After adjustment for non-random exposure to COVID-19 bereavement, I find that respondents who have lost someone close to them to the virus report greater depressive symptomology and more frequent binge drinking. Among essential workers, the loss of a close tie to COVID-19 exacerbates these associations, with bereavement posing stronger effects for depressive symptoms and binge drinking for members of this group. The implications of these findings for the long-term mental health of the bereaved and those most vulnerable to the virus are discussed.
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