Table 3.

Associations with pandemic-related stressors and mechanisms with the consumption frequency during the pandemic – grouped by the evaluation of drug use as helpful coping strategy vs. not helpful.

			Amphetamine	Metamphe-tamine	MDMA/Ecstasy	GHB/GBL	Cocaine	Dissociative drugs
Pandemic stressors	Helpful to cope?	rS (p) df	(n = 369)	(n = 89)	(n = 756)	(n = 55)	(n = 795)	(n = 398)
SCL-9	Not helpful		−0.019 (0.829) 124	.011 (0.950) 37	.037 (0.518) 300	.230 (0.248) 27	−0.186 (0.001⁎⁎⁎) 337	.194 (0.020*) 143
	Helpful		.044 (0.762) 50	.096 (0.075) 18	.081 (0.461) 86	.433 (0.467) 5	.141 (0.193) 87	−0.119 (0.335) 68
Corona Concern	Not helpful		−0.179 (0.004⁎⁎) 256	.042 (0.753) 58	−0.051 (0.238) 546	.052 (0.732) 46	−0.152 (<0.001⁎⁎⁎) 598	−0.048 (0.446) 257
	Helpful		−005 (0.965) 97	−0.119 (0.553) 27	−0.103 (0.228) 139	−0.038 (0.929) 8	−0.127 (0.133) 141	−0.078 (0.411) 112
Life restricted	Not helpful		−0.271 (<0.001⁎⁎⁎) 256	−0.079 (0.558) 58	−0.102 (0.017*) 546	−0.040 (0.792) 46	−0.215 (<0.001⁎⁎⁎) 598	−0.122 (0.050*) 257
	Helpful		−0.047 (0.647) 97	−0.319 (0.044*) 27	−0.026 (0.760) 139	−0.050 (0.906) 8	.001 (0.991) 141	−0.011 (0.911) 112
Isolation	Not helpful		−0.183 (0.003⁎⁎) 256	.057 (0.673) 58	−0.056 (0.128) 546	.286 (0.054) 46	−0.149 (<0.001⁎⁎⁎) 598	−0.029 (0.641) 257
	Helpful		.090 (0.382) 97	−0.003 (0.989) 27	.099 (0.244) 139	−0.237 (0.572) 8	−0.066 (0.434) 141	−0.012 (0.903) 112

Note. Non-parametric Spearman rank correlations. Grouped by “not helpful at all” vs. “slightly + moderately + very + absolutely helpful” in dealing with the pandemic. SCL-9 = Modified 9-item self-rating Symptom Checklist short version. Significance levels: *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05. Due to the descriptive character of this analysis, we neither accounted for multiple testing, nor compared correlations by inferential statistics.