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Parents More Likely than Non-Parents to Turn to Alcohol During Pandemic, Survey Finds

posted by martyb on Wednesday September 02 2020, @11:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the when-they-woke-up-in-the-morning,-the-kids-were-still-there dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:

Parents more likely than non-parents to turn to alcohol during pandemic, survey finds:

The study, conducted by York University psychology researchers, surveyed Canadians early on in the pandemic and found that the use of alcohol as a coping strategy was highest among parents with young children, in addition to individuals experiencing greater depression and more social disconnection.

[...] Researchers surveyed 320 Canadians who drink alcohol within one month of the initiation of the COVID-19 emergency response using an online crowdsourcing platform. The average age of participants was 32 years old.

[...] The study also found that income loss was associated with increased alcohol consumption early in the pandemic, whereas living alone was associated with increased "solitary drinking behaviour."

[...] York University assistant professor and co-author of the study Jeffrey Wardell said the new research points to the importance of addressing coping-related alcohol use due to COVID-19 but added that more research is needed.

"Using alcohol to cope with distress is a clearly established risk factor for alcohol use disorder," Wardell said in the release. "This is concerning because these alcohol problems could worsen over time, suggesting it may be important to help these individuals find more positive coping strategies rather than using alcohol to cope."

Journal Reference:
Jeffrey D. Wardell, Tyler Kempe, Karli K. Rapinda, et al. Drinking to Cope During COVID‐19 Pandemic: The Role of External and Internal Factors in Coping Motive Pathways to Alcohol Use, Solitary Drinking, and Alcohol Problems, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (DOI: 10.1111/acer.14425)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:55PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:55PM (#1045509)

    The humans need to get the cost of bugs down to the level you'd see on a lizard person city-ship before they have any chance of catching on here. Now those locusts you find on this planet, those have a chance of resembling a good lizard person snack, with the right BBQ sauce. The humans just need to develop the tech to harvest them right out of the sky, and that should bring the price down to a reasonable level while also being a win for agriculture.

    The "ur gonna eat bugs" thing is just such right-wing drivel. Nobody is going to eat bugs until the cost is below rice and beans (example given previously by one of the few people here worth reading). The Trumpers are so frightened of monsters under their bed they're getting ready for Kristallnacht 2.0. Just fucking ridiculous and sad.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @07:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @07:19PM (#1045555)

    Shut up and eat yer feckin' bug ration!
    The rest of us are trying to eat.
    Pass the Sriracha.