Alcohol use, psychological distress, and subjective well-being among young adult university students: A cross-national study between Serbia and Italy. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Piumatti, Giovanni; Lietz, Francesco; Aresi, Giovanni; Bjegovic-Mikanovic, Vesna
• Is Part Of: Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. Volume 18:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 511
• Page End: 529
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Alcohol -- Italy -- mental health -- Serbia -- structural equation modeling -- well-being; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- United States -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- United States -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- United States -- Periodicals; Substance-Related Disorders -- ethnology -- Periodicals; 362.29089
• DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2017.1417186
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1533-2640

Abstract

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.