Predictors of COVID-related changes in mental health in a South African sample of adolescents and young adults

Haag, Katharina; Toit, Stefani Du; Skeen, Sarah; Roberts, Kathryn Steventon; Chideya, Yeukai; Notholi, Vuyolwethu; Sambudla, Akhona; Gordon, Sarah; Sherr, Lorraine; Tomlinson, Mark

doi:10.1080/13548506.2022.2108087

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“…Furthermore, although the proportion of explained variance was small, we found that the subsample with clinical levels of COVID-19-related anxiety reported more problematic alcohol consumption ( Figure 1 ), indicating an increased risk of AUD ( Allen et al, 1997 ). All in all, these findings correspond with those of Capasso et al (2021) , who reported that adults drinking more during the first lockdown were more anxious and unable to stop worrying about the COVID-19 outbreak; with another recent study in young adults in which COVID-19-related worry was cross-sectionally associated with alcohol-related problems ( Haag et al, 2022 ); and with a recent longitudinal study in which COVID-19-related worry during the initial lockdown positively predicted drinking-related problems in young adults three months later ( Venanzi et al, 2022 ). Moreover, the findings are in line with the high co-morbidity of anxiety disorder and AUD ( Anker & Kushner, 2019 ): as participants who increased their drinking after the pandemic started were most likely to report both COVID-19-related anxiety and alcohol problems, they in particular may be at risk for both disorders.…”

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Increased alcohol use to cope with COVID-19-related anxiety one year into the coronavirus pandemic

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Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Background: An increase in drinking to cope with anxiety provoked by the coronavirus was observed during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: In the present study, we examined the role of drinking motives in the anxiety–alcohol link one year into the pandemic. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data between April and May 2021: 678 participants located in Romania or the Netherlands completed an online survey on alcohol consumption in the past month (assessed using a simple quantity-frequency measure), change in drinking during the past year (assessed using a single item asking whether there had been an increase, decrease or no change), drinking motives (assessed using the Revised Drinking Motives Questionnaire), drinking-related problems (assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test), and COVID-19-related anxiety (assessed using the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale). Results: Compared to before the pandemic, while 42% of participants had decreased their alcohol consumption, 15% reported an increase. Participants with clinically relevant COVID-19-related anxiety (11%) were more likely to drink to cope with negative affect, enhance positive affect, and conform to others. The association between COVID-19-related anxiety and drinking-related problems was specifically moderated by drinking to cope, such that the anxiety–alcohol link was stronger in participants who endorsed this drinking motive more. Conclusion: Drinking is a maladaptive coping strategy for individuals with high levels of COVID-19-related anxiety. These individuals might benefit from interventions involving the learning of healthier skills to deal with the ongoing pandemic.

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Increased alcohol use to cope with COVID-19-related anxiety one year into the coronavirus pandemic

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“…Ye et al [22] provide a method for forecasting the energy usage of multiple jobs based on LSTM and multi-task learning techniques. Haag et al [23] identified the influential factors of pre-and post-COVID-19 to reduce the risk and resilience. Yoo et al [24] study the parameters of counting the lymphocyte and albumin for making a correlation between disease severity and laboratory parameters.…”

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Medication correlation analysis for outbreak prediction

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Outbreak prediction is a way to predict the epidemic potentials of diseases using the pattern of medication sales values. Successful prediction might result in being cautious of the outbreak of diseases and taking necessary measures to prevent the predicted outcome. As medication sales values are too random, the analysis of medication correlation is one of the most interesting and challenging parts for the researchers. The major objective of this proposed research method is to analyze medication drug sales values for a certain period of a pharmaceutical company using statistical methods. It is also the intent of this research to make a comparative analysis of the output generated by the deep learning model with the real sales values of a month. Our method successfully predicts the outbreak potential of diseases with competent accuracy, so that we will have enough time to take precautions and prevent future pandemics through precautionary measures.

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“…Studies that examined the mental health of young people in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic pointed to some of these social PFPs. For instance, Haag and colleagues (2022) surveyed 233 youth (mean age: 19.6) living in resource-constrained communities in South Africa. While COVID-related challenges were predictive of increased symptoms of anxiety and depression, they found that positive experiences (e.g.…”

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Multisystemic Resources Matter for Resilience to Depression: Learning From a Sample of Young South African Adults

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This article interrogates the continuing emphasis on personal sources of resilience; it also amends the inattention to the protective factors and processes (PFPs) that support the mental health resilience of African emerging adults. To that end, we report a study that explored which PFPs distinguished risk-exposed South African 18- to 29-year-olds with negligible depression symptoms from those who reported moderate to severe symptoms. Using an arts-based approach, young people volunteered the PFPs they had personally experienced as resilience-enabling. An inductive thematic analysis of visual and narrative data, generated by young people self-reporting high exposure to family and community adversity ( n = 233; mean age: 24.63, SD: 2.43), revealed patterns in the PFPs relative to the severity of self-reported depression symptoms. Specifically, young people reporting negligible depression symptoms reported a range of PFPs associated with psychological, social, and ecological systems. In contrast, the PFPs identified by those reporting more serious depression symptoms were mostly restricted to personal strengths and informal relational supports. In the interests of youth mental health, the findings direct society’s attention to the criticality of facilitating young people’s access to a composite of resources rooted in personal, social, and ecological systems.

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Predictors of COVID-related changes in mental health in a South African sample of adolescents and young adults

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Increased alcohol use to cope with COVID-19-related anxiety one year into the coronavirus pandemic

Increased alcohol use to cope with COVID-19-related anxiety one year into the coronavirus pandemic

Medication correlation analysis for outbreak prediction

Multisystemic Resources Matter for Resilience to Depression: Learning From a Sample of Young South African Adults

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