More than 300 college students participated in the study, completing assessments of childhood loneliness, current stress levels, and drinking behavior. (representative image)
Arizona State University has come to the conclusion that loneliness, before a child is 12 years old, can lead them to suffer from alcohol use and issues related to alcohol use.
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- Last Update: 19 July 2022, 17:52 IST
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Findings from new research suggest that experiencing loneliness as a child before adolescence may lead to drinking problems in early adulthood, years later.
Alcohol abuse is not the only health problem associated with loneliness. In older adults, loneliness contributes to poor physical health, including dementia, heart disease and stroke.
Researchers at Arizona State University examined the effects of experiencing childhood loneliness on current stress levels and drinking behavior in young adults.
The study will be published in Addictive Behavior Reports.
“Among young adults, childhood loneliness just before the age of 12 was associated with perceived stress and was influenced by uncontrolled drinking,” Julie said.
Patok-Pekham, assistant research professor in the ASU department
Psychology.
Because stress affects whether people drink more, especially women, the research team tested whether past experiences with loneliness affected it.
The stress people feel today.
More than 300 college students participated in the study, completed assessments
Childhood loneliness, current stress levels, and drinking behavior.
Feeling lonely in the past was related to current stress levels and drinking
behavior
Higher levels of loneliness before age 12 predicted greater stress in the early days
adulthood that was related to greater alcohol use and alcoholism
Problem.
“The data used in this study were collected before the pandemic and
Findings suggest we may have another public health crisis on our hands
Today’s kids grow up in a few years,” Pattock-Peckham said.
“We need more research into whether reducing childhood loneliness may be a way to disrupt the pathways that lead to alcohol use disorders in adults. Combating childhood loneliness may be particularly helpful.” It should help in reducing the control of drinking in women.”
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