Abstract

FUENTES, Alma Luisa López; CHAINE, Silvia Morales  and  CRUZ, Claudia Lydia Treviño Santa. Alcohol use and mental health among young mexican adults during COVID-19: The impact of interpersonal and intimate violence. Rev. bras.ter. cogn. [online]. 2024, vol.20, e20240504.  Epub Jan 10, 2025. ISSN 1808-5687.  https://doi.org/10.5935/1808-5687.20240504.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic triggered an increase in interpersonal and intimate violence, mental health problems, and harmful alcohol use in lowand middle-income countries, the relationship between these behaviors and symptoms during the pandemic in Mexico remains unclear. This study describes the directionality of the relationship between interpersonal and intimate violence, mental health symptoms, and harmful alcohol use among young adults during COVID-19 in Mexico. Participants were 1,939 Mexicans aged 25 to 29 in a cross-sectional design. The results suggest that young adults who have experienced interpersonal and intimate violence are more likely to perpetrate violence and experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, and harmful alcohol use. The path model involves victimizing interpersonal and intimate violence as predictors of harmful alcohol use through the perpetration of interpersonal violence, depression, and anxiety, serving as moderators. Perpetrating intimate violence is associated with harmful alcohol use through the covariation of perpetrating interpersonal violence. Findings indicate a directional relationship where experiencing interpersonal and intimate violence leads to perpetrating violence, mental health risks, and harmful alcohol use. The public policy perspective is to incorporate the recognition of interpersonal and intimate violence into the government agenda to improve mental health and prevent harmful alcohol use among Mexicans. .

Keywords : Violence; Depression; Anxiety; Alcohol Drinking; Young Adult..

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