Few studies have cross-nationally tested the mediators of the relationship between alcohol use and subjective well-being among university students. This study examined how self-reported psychological distress symptoms mediate the association between alcohol use (drinking frequency and binge-drinking frequency) and subjective well-being among 637 Serbian and 705 Italian university students. Psychological distress mediated the negative relationship between binge-drinking frequency and subjective well-being among Serbians (partial mediation) and Italians (full mediation). Drinking frequency was not associated with psychological distress or subjective well-being. Binge drinking may negatively affect subjective well-being among university students by enhancing symptoms of psychological distress.
Piumatti, G., Lietz, F., Aresi, G. U., Bjegovic-Mikanovic, V., Alcohol use, psychological distress, and subjective well-being among young adult university students: A cross-national study between Serbia and Italy, <<JOURNAL OF ETHNICITY IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE>>, 2019; 2019/18 (4): 511-529. [doi:10.1080/15332640.2017.1417186] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/114138]
Alcohol use, psychological distress, and subjective well-being among young adult university students: A cross-national study between Serbia and Italy
Aresi, Giovanni UmbertoPenultimo
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2019
Abstract
Few studies have cross-nationally tested the mediators of the relationship between alcohol use and subjective well-being among university students. This study examined how self-reported psychological distress symptoms mediate the association between alcohol use (drinking frequency and binge-drinking frequency) and subjective well-being among 637 Serbian and 705 Italian university students. Psychological distress mediated the negative relationship between binge-drinking frequency and subjective well-being among Serbians (partial mediation) and Italians (full mediation). Drinking frequency was not associated with psychological distress or subjective well-being. Binge drinking may negatively affect subjective well-being among university students by enhancing symptoms of psychological distress.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.