APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
That's Why We Drink: Examining the Mediating Role of Anxiety on the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Alcohol-Related Behaviors in College during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Skylar St Clair
University of North Florida - Gabriel Ybarra
University of North Florida - Paul Fuglestad
University of North Florida - Jody Nicholson
University of North Florida - Abbey Young
University of North Florida
Abstract
Undergraduates’ alcohol use was influenced by perceived stress, mediated by anxiety, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A study with 244 students found significant indirect effects via anxiety but no moderated mediation. Neuroticism impacted the stress-alcohol relationship. Future research should explore larger, diverse samples and additional confounding variables for deeper insights.
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