Table 1.
Alcohol use behavior, motives, and context, by quarantine experience and COVID-19 diagnosis
| Quarantine | COVID-19 diagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample (n = 409) | Yes (n = 146) | No (n = 263) | Yes (n = 53) | No (n = 356) | |
| Alcohol use behavior | Mean ± SD | ||||
| Typical weekly alcohol use frequency [0–7 days] | 1.72 ± 1.29 | 1.88 ± 1.20 | 1.64 ± 1.34 | 2.34 ± 1.43 | 1.63 ± 1.25 |
| Typical alcohol use quantity [1–12 drinks] | 3.22 ± 1.90 | 3.38 ± 1.82 | 3.12 ± 1.94 | 3.81 ± 1.83 | 3.13 ± 1.89 |
| Alcohol use motives mean score | |||||
| Enhancement motives [0–2] | 0.88 ± 0.46 | 0.89 ± 0.43 | 0.87 ± 0.48 | 1.01 ± 0.39 | 0.86 ± 0.47 |
| Social motives [0–2] | 1.03 ± 0.62 | 1.13 ± 0.64 | 0.97 ± 0.60 | 1.30 ± 0.60 | 0.99 ± 0.61 |
| Conformity motives [0–2] | 0.28 ± 0.46 | 0.32 ± 0.46 | 0.26 ± 0.46 | 0.48 ± 0.60 | 0.25 ± 0.42 |
| Coping motives [0–2] | 0.57 ± 0.57 | 0.55 ± 0.57 | 0.58 ± 0.56 | 0.69 ± 0.61 | 0.55 ± 0.56 |
| Alcohol use context | n (Column %) | ||||
| At your residence | |||||
| Never/seldom | 185 (45.5) | 65 (44.5) | 120 (46.0) | 22 (41.5) | 163 (46.0) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 222 (54.5) | 81 (55.5) | 141 (54.0) | 31 (58.5) | 191 (54.0) |
| At someone else’s residence | |||||
| Never/seldom | 182 (44.7) | 51 (34.9) | 131 (50.2) | 16 (30.2) | 166 (46.9) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 225 (55.3) | 95 (65.1) | 130 (49.8) | 37 (69.8) | 188 (53.1) |
| At a restaurant | |||||
| Never/seldom | 268 (66.0) | 86 (59.3) | 182 (69.7) | 24 (45.3) | 244 (69.1) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 138 (34.0) | 59 (40.7) | 79 (30.3) | 29 (54.7) | 109 (30.9) |
| At a bar or nightclub | |||||
| Never/seldom | 274 (67.3) | 83 (56.8) | 191 (73.2) | 19 (35.8) | 255 (72.0) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 133 (32.7) | 63 (43.2) | 70 (26.8) | 34 (64.2) | 99 (28.0) |
| At a party | |||||
| Never/seldom | 199 (48.9) | 56 (38.4) | 143 (54.8) | 12 (22.6) | 187 (52.8) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 208 (51.1) | 90 (61.6) | 118 (45.2) | 41 (77.4) | 167 (47.2) |
| Alone | |||||
| Never/seldom | 352 (86.7) | 134 (91.8) | 218 (83.8) | 49 (92.5) | 303 (85.8) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 54 (13.3) | 12 (8.2) | 42 (16.2) | 4 (7.5) | 50 (14.2) |
| With a small group of friends | |||||
| Never/seldom | 120 (29.5) | 42 (28.8) | 78 (29.9) | 12 (22.6) | 108 (30.5) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 287 (70.5) | 104 (71.2) | 183 (70.1) | 41 (77.4) | 246 (69.5) |
| With a large group of friends | |||||
| Never/seldom | 260 (63.9) | 74 (50.7) | 186 (71.3) | 20 (37.7) | 240 (67.8) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 147 (36.1) | 72 (49.3) | 75 (28.7) | 33 (62.3) | 114 (32.2) |
| With family members | |||||
| Never/seldom | 293 (72.0) | 96 (65.8) | 197 (75.5) | 34 (64.2) | 259 (73.2) |
| Occasionally/frequently | 114 (28.0) | 50 (34.2) | 64 (24.5) | 19 (35.8) | 95 (26.8) |
Note. A small group of friends was defined as 10 people or less and a large group of friends was defined as more than 10 people.
SD, standard deviation.