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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 511-529 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse |
| Volume | 2019/18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
Keywords
- Alcohol
- Health (social science)
- Italy
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Serbia
- mental health
- structural equation modeling
- well-being
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