Generation COVID: Young adult substance use
AM Hussong, AK Haik, HM Loeb�- Current Opinion in Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Opposing theories posited that young adult substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic
would decline due to restricted access and social engagement or increase due to efforts to
cope with rising distress, loneliness, and isolation. Peer-reviewed global longitudinal studies
found (a) overall declines in commonly used substances in 2020 with some rebounding in
2021;(b) individual differences in this pattern, with declines linked to factors limiting access
and increases to pre-existing risk; and (c) under-developed evidence to evaluate increased�…
would decline due to restricted access and social engagement or increase due to efforts to
cope with rising distress, loneliness, and isolation. Peer-reviewed global longitudinal studies
found (a) overall declines in commonly used substances in 2020 with some rebounding in
2021;(b) individual differences in this pattern, with declines linked to factors limiting access
and increases to pre-existing risk; and (c) under-developed evidence to evaluate increased�…