Substance-related coping behaviours among youth during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Objective: As impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to unfold, research is needed to understand how school-aged youth are coping with COVID-19-related changes and disruptions to daily life. Among a sample of Canadian youth, our objective was to examine the mental health factors associated with u...

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Autores principales:	Isabella Romano, Karen A. Patte, Margaret de Groh, Ying Jiang, Terrance J. Wade, Richard E. Bélanger, Scott T. Leatherdale
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 pandemic Substance use Coping behaviour Adolescent health Mental health Psychology BF1-990 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV1-9960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e27ad1dc8dcd48f9ba5e379aaf62f6352021-11-10T04:29:10ZSubstance-related coping behaviours among youth during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic2352-853210.1016/j.abrep.2021.100392https://doaj.org/article/e27ad1dc8dcd48f9ba5e379aaf62f6352021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853221000559https://doaj.org/toc/2352-8532Objective: As impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to unfold, research is needed to understand how school-aged youth are coping with COVID-19-related changes and disruptions to daily life. Among a sample of Canadian youth, our objective was to examine the mental health factors associated with using substances to cope with COVID-19-related changes, taking account of expected sex differences. Methods: We used online data collected from 7150 students in the COMPASS study, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic (May–July 2020) in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, Canada. We specified a sex-stratified, generalized linear mixed model to estimate the likelihood of engagement in substance-related coping behaviours, while testing for the effects of students’ mental health, individual characteristics, and school neighborhood characteristics. Results: Twelve percent of students (13.4% of females, 9.9% of males) in our sample reported using cannabis, alcohol, cigarettes, and/or vaping to help cope with COVID-19-related changes. Regardless of sex, students with greater depressive symptoms were more likely to engage in substance-related coping (aORFemale = 1.04, 95 %CI[1.01–1.07]; aORMale = 1.06, 95 %CI[1.013–1.11]). Among females, better psychosocial wellbeing was protective against engagement in substance related-coping (aOR = 0.96, 95 %CI[0.94–0.98]), controlling for current substance use. Conclusions: Canadian school-aged youth with generally poor mental health may be more likely to have engaged in substance use to help cope with COVID-19-related changes during the first wave of the pandemic, and female youth may be at disproportionate risk of engaging in the behaviour. Ongoing evaluation of the impacts of COVID-19 on youth health is required.Isabella RomanoKaren A. PatteMargaret de GrohYing JiangTerrance J. WadeRichard E. BélangerScott T. LeatherdaleElsevierarticleCOVID-19 pandemicSubstance useCoping behaviourAdolescent healthMental healthPsychologyBF1-990Social pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologyHV1-9960ENAddictive Behaviors Reports, Vol 14, Iss , Pp 100392- (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 pandemic Substance use Coping behaviour Adolescent health Mental health Psychology BF1-990 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV1-9960
spellingShingle	COVID-19 pandemic Substance use Coping behaviour Adolescent health Mental health Psychology BF1-990 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV1-9960 Isabella Romano Karen A. Patte Margaret de Groh Ying Jiang Terrance J. Wade Richard E. Bélanger Scott T. Leatherdale Substance-related coping behaviours among youth during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
description	Objective: As impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to unfold, research is needed to understand how school-aged youth are coping with COVID-19-related changes and disruptions to daily life. Among a sample of Canadian youth, our objective was to examine the mental health factors associated with using substances to cope with COVID-19-related changes, taking account of expected sex differences. Methods: We used online data collected from 7150 students in the COMPASS study, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic (May–July 2020) in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, Canada. We specified a sex-stratified, generalized linear mixed model to estimate the likelihood of engagement in substance-related coping behaviours, while testing for the effects of students’ mental health, individual characteristics, and school neighborhood characteristics. Results: Twelve percent of students (13.4% of females, 9.9% of males) in our sample reported using cannabis, alcohol, cigarettes, and/or vaping to help cope with COVID-19-related changes. Regardless of sex, students with greater depressive symptoms were more likely to engage in substance-related coping (aORFemale = 1.04, 95 %CI[1.01–1.07]; aORMale = 1.06, 95 %CI[1.013–1.11]). Among females, better psychosocial wellbeing was protective against engagement in substance related-coping (aOR = 0.96, 95 %CI[0.94–0.98]), controlling for current substance use. Conclusions: Canadian school-aged youth with generally poor mental health may be more likely to have engaged in substance use to help cope with COVID-19-related changes during the first wave of the pandemic, and female youth may be at disproportionate risk of engaging in the behaviour. Ongoing evaluation of the impacts of COVID-19 on youth health is required.
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author	Isabella Romano Karen A. Patte Margaret de Groh Ying Jiang Terrance J. Wade Richard E. Bélanger Scott T. Leatherdale
author_facet	Isabella Romano Karen A. Patte Margaret de Groh Ying Jiang Terrance J. Wade Richard E. Bélanger Scott T. Leatherdale
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title	Substance-related coping behaviours among youth during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short	Substance-related coping behaviours among youth during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full	Substance-related coping behaviours among youth during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
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publisher	Elsevier
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Substance-related coping behaviours among youth during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic

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