The Fear of COVID-19, Demographic Factors, and Substance use in a Multinational Sample Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ogueji Ifeanyichukwu Anthony, Asagba Rachel Bolaji and Constantine-Simms Delroy
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Ogueji Ifeanyichukwu Anthony: Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Asagba Rachel Bolaji: Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Constantine-Simms Delroy: Think Doctor Psychological Assessments, Dubai, UAE and London, UK

European Review of Applied Sociology, 2021, vol. 14, issue 22, 43-54

Abstract: The global pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had mental health consequences such as fear. Scholars have argued that when people are fearful, they may use substances to escape from fear, and demographic variables can have implications on how to target interventions to people. To date, little is known about how the fear of COVID-19 and demographic factors may contribute to substance use amid the COVID-19 pandemic. From 3 June to 10 June 2020, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 202 residents (Mean age = 41.77 ± 11.85; age range = 18-70 years) in 14 countries. A standardized questionnaire was utilized for data collection, SPSS (version 22.0) was utilized for data analysis, and p .05). Males (Mean = 18.21) scored significantly higher than females (Mean = 14.06) in substance use [t (200) = 1.9; p .05]. These data contribute to informing future studies that add more questions regarding how different variables may contribute to substance use during subsequent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: fear of COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; demographic factors; substance use; multinational sample (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1515/eras-2021-0005

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