Loneliness and Daily Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Elise Bragard; Salvatore Giorgi; Paul Juneau; Brenda L Curtis

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agab056

Loneliness and Daily Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alcohol Alcohol. 2022 Mar 12;57(2):198-202. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agab056.

Authors

Elise Bragard^{1

2}, Salvatore Giorgi^{2

3}, Paul Juneau^{4

5}, Brenda L Curtis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA.
² National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³ Computer and Information Science Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
⁴ Division of Data Services, NIH Library, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁵ Contractor, Zimmerman Associates, Inc, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.

Abstract

Aims: This pilot study aimed to identify associations of loneliness and daily alcohol consumption among US adults during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic.

Method: Participants completed daily assessments for 30 days.

Results: Results suggest people who feel lonelier on average drink more alcohol, however, people who feel lonelier than usual drink less.

Conclusion: Findings highlight the need to disaggregate within- and between-person components of alcohol use.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol Society 2021.

MeSH terms

Adult
Alcohol Drinking / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Humans
Loneliness
Pandemics*
Pilot Projects
SARS-CoV-2

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