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Alcohol use during the pandemic saw a rise as social restrictions left many people turning to vices as a coping mechanism. However, it’s dry January, and at least one study finds abstinence may have more benefits than you think.
Analysis from the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies at Rutgers looked at a 2013 survey from British magazine New Scientist that found a small number of heavier drinkers, those consuming as many as 63 12 oz. beers a week, saw health benefits from abstaining for a month.
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A new study from Rutgers University found that coronavirus has had a huge impact on the drinking habits of college-age students. Basically, when coronavirus forced college kids to move off campus and back in with their parents, their drinking habits were hugely curtailed.
“Drinking is a social behavior for college students, and without social interaction students are less likely to drink heavily,” says Helene R. White, lead researcher and distinguished professor emerita with the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies at Rutgers University. “Living with parents may especially interfere with social interaction with peers and thereby be protective against heavy drinking.”
Study reveals COVID-19 cuts into college students drinking ANI | Updated: Dec 16, 2020 12:17 IST
Piscataway (New Jersey) [US], December 16 (ANI): 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.
The report was published 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 behaviours 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.
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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
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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.