Graupensperger Scott, Jaffe Anna E, Fleming Charles N B, Kilmer Jason R, Lee Christine M, Larimer Mary E
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington; Seattle, WA.
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska Lincoln; Lincoln, NE.
Emerg Adulthood. 2021 Oct;9(5):531-540. doi: 10.1177/2167696820986742. Epub 2021 Mar 12.
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.
随着人们对新冠疫情期间酒精使用增加的广泛关注，迫切需要研究年轻人酒精使用的变化，并确定使用增加的前因。我们检验了这样一个假设：大流行期间自我报告的酒精使用变化（频率、数量、大量饮酒）与对同龄人酒精使用变化的认知有关。2020年4月，507名大学生自我报告了他们酒精使用的变化以及对本校典型学生（即规范）酒精使用变化的认知。我们样本中的大多数学生报告酒精使用减少，并认为同龄人酒精使用也在减少。对同龄人酒精使用行为变化的认知与学生自身酒精使用的变化密切相关。研究结果为基于规范的策略提供了有力支持，这些策略可以通过强调大多数大学生在新冠疫情期间实际上并没有增加酒精使用这一事实来纠正规范误解。
