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cord-334532-r5lnjsvl	Rodriguez, Lindsey M.	Drinking to Cope with the Pandemic: The Unique Associations of COVID-19-Related Perceived Threat and Psychological Distress to Drinking Behaviors in American Men and Women	2020-06-27		.txt	text/plain	4744	228	47	title: Drinking to Cope with the Pandemic: The Unique Associations of COVID-19-Related Perceived Threat and Psychological Distress to Drinking Behaviors in American Men and Women Derived from the self-medication hypothesis, this research explored how perceived threat and psychological distress related to the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with drinking behavior among an American sample of adults. Results suggested that psychological distress related to the COVID-19 pandemic was consistently related to alcohol use indices, and moderation results indicated this pattern was significant only among women for number of drinks consumed during the recent heaviest drinking occasion and number of drinks consumed on a typical evening. Given that during COVID-19related social distancing, individuals may be faced with increased stress and uncertainty (Taylor, 2019) as well as anxiety and depressive symptoms (Brooks et al., 2020) , those who experience more perceived threat and/or psychological distress may be those most likely to use alcohol to cope.	./cache/cord-334532-r5lnjsvl.txt	./txt/cord-334532-r5lnjsvl.txt