Alcohol Use Disorders among Slovak and Czech University Students : A Closer Look at Tobacco Use, Cannabis Use and Socio-Demographic Characteristics

The main objective of the research was to examine the associations between problematic alcohol use, tobacco use and cannabis use among Czech and Slovak university students during the early COVID-19 pandemic. The research sample consisted of 1422 participants from the Czech Republic (CZ) and 1677 from the Slovak Republic (SK). The analyses included university students who drank alcohol in the past year (CZ: 1323 (93%); SK: 1526 (91%)). Regarding the analysed measures, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and its subscales, the Glover-Nilsson Smoking Behavioral Questionnaire (GN-SBQ) and the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST) were selected to identify substance-related behaviour. Age, gender and residence were included in the analyses as socio-demographic variables. Correlation and regression analyses were used to achieve the main objective of the research. The main results revealed that the use of tobacco and cannabis were positively associated with alcohol use disorders among Czech and Slovak university students. Additionally, males were more likely to report alcohol use disorders. In the Czech Republic, it was found that students living in dormitories were characterized by a lower AUDIT score. The opposite situation was found in the Slovak Republic. Czech and Slovak policy-makers are encouraged to develop alcohol use prevention programs for university students in line with these findings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 18(2021), 21 vom: 03. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gavurova, Beata [VerfasserIn]
Ivankova, Viera [VerfasserIn]
Rigelsky, Martin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alcohol dependence
COVID-19 pandemic
Cannabis
Journal Article
Marijuana
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Smoking
Socio-demographic
Substance use
Tobacco
Young adults

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Date Completed 18.11.2021

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph182111565

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333079027