TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol use, psychological distress, and subjective well-being among young adult university students: A cross-national study between Serbia and Italy
AU - Piumatti, Giovanni
AU - Lietz, Francesco
AU - Aresi, Giovanni Umberto
AU - Bjegovic-Mikanovic, Vesna
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Health (social science)
KW - Italy
KW - Medicine (miscellaneous)
KW - Serbia
KW - mental health
KW - structural equation modeling
KW - well-being
KW - Alcohol
KW - Health (social science)
KW - Italy
KW - Medicine (miscellaneous)
KW - Serbia
KW - mental health
KW - structural equation modeling
KW - well-being
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/114138
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wesa20/current
U2 - 10.1080/15332640.2017.1417186
DO - 10.1080/15332640.2017.1417186
M3 - Article
SN - 1533-2640
VL - 2019/18
SP - 511
EP - 529
JO - Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
JF - Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
ER -