Credit: Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies
PISCATAWAY, NJ - When college campuses closed in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the quantity of alcohol consumed by students decreased significantly if they went from living with peers to living with parents, according to a new report in the
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Leaving home for college is often associated with increases in drinking, and campus closures in spring 2020 formed the perfect natural experiment to study changes in drinking behaviors when living situations changed abruptly and unexpectedly for many students, according to lead researcher Helene R. White, Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita with the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
College students who moved home drink less because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to this study
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
The Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies at Rutgers University found that college students who moved home because of the COVID-19 pandemic are drinking less.Journal of Studies on Alcohol an
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When college campuses closed this spring and students went home, their social lives took a dive along with their drinking habits.
The Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies at Rutgers University said the closure of college campuses this spring offered “‘the perfect natural environment’ to study changes in drinking behaviors when living situations changed unexpectedly for many students, according to lead researcher Helene R. White, Ph.D.
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COVID-19 pandemic has college kids drinking less, survey suggests
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A new survey suggests that college students have cut back on drinking since the beginning of the pandemic. Photo by Free-Photos/Pixabay
There s been a large drop in drinking among U.S. college students who went home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds.
It included more than 300 students who were surveyed about two months after pandemic-related campus closures in the spring.
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The students were asked about their drinking habits and living arrangements before and after school shutdowns in the spring of 2020: living with peers before and after closure, living with parents before and after closure, or living with peers before closure but with parents after.