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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Garcia, Mathieu
• Rouchy, Emma
• Galéra, Cédric
• Tzourio, Christophe
• Michel, Grégory

Titel

The relation between ADHD symptoms, perceived stress and binge drinking in college students

Ist Teil von

• Psychiatry research, 2020-02, Vol.284, p.112689-112689, Article 112689

Ort / Verlag

Ireland: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Significant associations were found between higher levels of ADHD symptoms in general and increasing frequencies of binge drinking.•Higher levels of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity were independently associated with greater frequency of binge drinking.•The association between high frequencies of binge drinking and inattention was stronger than for hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms.•No significant relationship between the level of perceived stress and the different frequencies of binge drinking. Binge drinking is a major public health problem associated with various negative short-term and long-term clinical and social outcomes. If there is evidence to suggest a relationship between ADHD and alcohol use in college students, no study has investigated the role of ADHD symptomatology in binge drinking. Thus, this research was designed to explore the relative contributions of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms to binge drinking in a sample of French college students while controlling for effects of perceived stress. Participants (N = 7011; mean age = 20.9; 74.9% of females) completed self-report surveys assessing ADHD symptoms, perceived stress, sociodemographic characteristics, and binge drinking frequency. Multinomial logistic regression revealed significant associations between higher levels of ADHD symptoms in general, but not perceived stress, and increasing frequency of binge drinking. Moreover, higher levels of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms were independently associated with greater frequency of binge drinking. The association was stronger between high rates of binge drinking and inattention than for hyperactivity/impulsivity. These findings, which remained statistically significant after adjusting for a range of potential confounders (including perceived stress), suggest that the presence of ADHD symptoms may be an important factor related to binge drinking.